胠箧
qū​qiè

steal

胠 qū open

To leave 去 in the flesh ⺼; 去 also provides the pronunciation

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh
去
去 SoundMeaning component
qù go away

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhjæp[kʰ]<r>aparmpit; right wing of an army
Zhengzhangkʰa
kʰas
kʰab

說文解字

亦下也。从肉去聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

箧 qiè rattan box Simplified

A bamboo ⺮ box 匚; 夹 provides the pronunciation

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo
匚
匚 Meaning component
fāng, fàng box
夹
夹 Sound component
jiā, jiá be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

篋 rattan box Traditional

A bamboo ⺮ chest 匧; 匧 also provides the pronunciation

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo
匧
匧 SoundMeaning component
qiè a trunk

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰeːb
Unicodekep

Sources

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