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See also:
U+34DE, 㓞
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-34DE

CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 18, +4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 手十尸竹 (QJSH), composition )

Derived characters

References

Chinese

simp. and trad.
alternative forms 𠛉

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声) : phonetic (OC *kreːds) + semantic (knife) – to engrave. Perhaps the proto-form of .

Pronunciation



BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qià
Middle
Chinese
‹ khɛt ›
Old
Chinese
/*ʰˁret/
English skillful engraving (Shuōwén)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Definitions

  1. (obsolete) to engrave; to carve
  2. Original form of (, “written contract; agreement”).