è, cān, dǎi
cracked wooden post
Pictograph of a wooden post or digging tool with a cracked bottom. Similar to 才 and 弋.
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)
Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 5 |
Unicode | U+6B7A |
Shuowen | “歹，骨之殘也。从半冎。讀若櫱岸之櫱。，古文歺。” |
Sources
季旭昇《說文新證》p.333
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