敫
jiǎo

shining light

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Changed etymology

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Original meaning: to attack from the side

Depicts a hand using a weapon (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

皃
皃 Iconic component

Used here to depict a person. Bottom part looks like 方.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 皃 than it was in ancient scripts.
攵
攵 Iconic component

攵 is a component form of 攴.


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
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)