jué

personal pronoun he

Original meaning: 

to shoot stones

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "to shoot stones". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components
厂 meaning component

  Meaning component

hǎnchǎng

  

cliff, (roof)

欮 sound component

  Sound component

jué

  

uprising qi counterflow

Evolution

厥 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
厥 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
厥 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
厥 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jué

personal pronoun he, she, it; to faint; to lose consciousness; his; her; its; their

Most common words with 厥
Freq.
Word
Meaning

昏厥

to faint

his

突厥

Turkic ethnic group

晕厥

to faint

惊厥

to faint from fear

Component uses

Sound component in 11 characters (0 verified)