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xì HSK7

crack

A crack 日 dividing two things 小; 阝 provides the pronunciation

Components

阝
阝 Sound component
fù hill, place
小
小 Meaning component
xiǎo small
日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
小
小 Meaning component
xiǎo small

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhjæk[k]ʰrakcrack (n.)
Zhengzhangkʰraɡ
Unicodekiæk

說文解字

壁際孔也。从𨸏从𡭴,𡭴亦聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica