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Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD 
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Regular Modern
丂
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Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 可 represents the sound. Originally pictograph of an axe handle (丂).
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | ka | [k]ˤar | axe-handle |
說文解字
《說文》：“柯，斧柄也。从木，可聲。”
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)