敫
jiǎo

shining light

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Original meaning: to attack from the side

Depicts using a rod (攵) to attack a person (皃). Based on the original meaning "to attack from the side", now written as 𢶡. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

白
白 Meaning component
放
放 Meaning component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

《說文》:“敫,光景流也。从白,从放,讀若龠。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新登》p.326
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica