a gully, a pool

Depicts a hand using a digging tool (𣦼) to dredge out a valley ().

Components
𣦼 iconic component

𣦼  Iconic component

cán

  

to damage and pierce

Depicts a hand () using a digging tool ().

谷 iconic component

  Iconic component

  

valley, ravine

Depicts an opening () between two mountain streams.

Evolution

㕡 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
㕡 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
㕡 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

(same as U+58D1 ) the bed of a torrent; a gully, a pool

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+3561

Shuowen

“,溝也。从,从谷。讀若郝。壑,或从土。”


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