qià
to engrave
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernHistorical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[k]ʰˤret | kheat | qià | skilfull engraving (Shuōwén) |
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 6 |
Unicode | U+34DE |
Shuowen | “,巧也。从刀,丰聲。” |
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