镌黜
juān​chù

dismiss

镌 juān engraving tool Simplified

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

隽
隽 Sound component
juàn, jùn, zuì superior

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

黜 chù dismiss

Phonosemantic compound. 黑 represents the meaning and 出 represents the sound.

Components

黑
黑 Meaning component
hēi black
出
出 Sound component
chū go out

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttrhwitt.kʰ<r>utexpel
Zhengzhangl̥ʰud
Unicodetjuit

說文解字

貶下也。从黑出聲。

Sources

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

鐫 engraving tool Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔson
Unicodetziuɛn

說文解字

穿木鐫也。从金雋聲。一曰琢石也。讀若瀸。

Sources

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