氒
jué

arrow nock

Depicts an arrow nock. The nock is the part of an arrow that is held against the bowstring before being launched.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

𠯑

Remnant (1)

𠯑

說文解字

《說文》：“氒，木本，从氏，大於末。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.860
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)