Chinese Character Wiki

坼

chè

split

Components
土 meaning component

土  Meaning component

tǔ

  

earth

earth

斥 sound component

斥  Sound component

chì

  

to scold

Evolution

坼 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
坼 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

坼  

chè

split, tear, open; to crack; to split; to break; to chap

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*Nə-qʰˤ<r>ak (W dialect: *qʰˤr- > *r̥ˤ- > trh-)

trhaek

chè

split (v.i.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6355th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+577C

Shuowen

“，裂也。《詩》曰：‘不不疈。’”


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