懂中文 Dong Chinese

欮

jué

uprising qi counterflow

Depicts difficulties exhaling (欠) when a person is upside-down (矢). 矢 here is turned upside-down. Later, the 矢 component was reanalyzed as 屰, depicting an upside-down person. Original form of 瘚.

Components
屰 iconic component

屰  Iconic component

nì

  

disobedient

Originally 矢 turned upside-down, used here to imply inversion. Later reanalyzed as 屰, which also works as an iconic component.

欠 iconic component

欠  Iconic component

qiàn

  

yawn, deficient

Depicts a person with an open mouth. Used here to convey the idea of exhaling.

Evolution

欮 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
欮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
欮 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

欮  

jué

to hiccough; to dig out to expand

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

瘚

Sound component in 4 characters (2 verified)

厥 瘚 闕 阙

Sources

鍾林《金文解析大字典》p.1099

李学勤《字源》p.673