Chinese Character Wiki
戔

jiān

small

Original meaning: 

kill

Combination of two weapons (戈), based on the original meaning "kill", now written as 殘. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components
戈 meaning component

戈  Meaning component

gē

  

spear

戈 meaning component

戈  Meaning component

gē

  

spear

Evolution

戔 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
戔 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
戔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
戔 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
戔 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

戋 (戔) 

jiān

small, narrow, tiny, little; narrow; small

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

賤 盞

Sound component in 9 characters (3 verified)

錢 殘 淺 踐 賤 盞 棧 箋 餞

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[dz]ˤa[n]

dzan

jiān

kill; cruel


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6653rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Simplified

戋

Unicode

U+6214

Shuowen

“戔，賊也。从二戈。《周書》曰：‘戔戔巧言。’”


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