𣦼
cán

to damage and pierce

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Depicts a hand (又) holding a broken bone (歺).

Components

歹
歹 Iconic component

Depicts a broken bone.

又
又 Iconic component

Depicts a hand.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》：“，殘穿也。从又，从歺。讀若殘。”

Sources

Character origin
李学勤《字源》p.345
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)