銼
cuò

carpenter's file

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 坐 represents the sound.

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal

釒 is a component form of 金.

坐
坐 Sound component
zuò sit

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰoːls
zoːl
zoːɡ

說文解字

鍑也。从金坐聲。

Sources

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

锉 cuò carpenter's file Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 坐 represents the sound. Simplified form of 銼.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

坐
坐 Sound component
zuò sit

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode