kēng

the sound of stones knocking together

Evolution

硜 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
硜 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
硜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

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kēng

the sound of stones knocking together; obstinate

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

7425th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Simplified

Unicode

U+785C

Shuowen

“磬,樂石也。从石,殸象縣虡之形。殳,擊之也。古者毋句氏作磬。殸,籀文省;硜,古文从巠。”


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