Dong Chinese dictionary

kěn

agree

meat attached to bone

Depicts meat (⺼) attached to a bone (冎). Based on the original meaning "meat attached to bone". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

冎 Iconic component

guǎ

bone

Modern form looks like unrelated 止.

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 冎 than it was in ancient scripts.

⺼ Iconic component

ròu

meat, flesh

Evolution

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

kěn

willing; consent to, permit; to agree; to consent; to be ready (to do sth)

kěn

old variant of 肯[kěn]

Most common words with 肯

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

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