shé

to sort out the stalks used in divination

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

Sound component
leaf

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangleb
l'eːb
ɦljed

說文解字

閱持也。从手枼聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica