jiān
to break off (relations)
Pictograph of an agricultural tool with a blade (戈) used by two people (从).
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
jiān
to break off (relations); to sever, to exterminate; to annihilate; to wipe out, to pierce; to stab; to irritate; to hurt, to hold weapons, agricultural implements; far tools, sharp will; eager intention; determination
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+39B0 |
Shuowen | “，絕也。一曰田器。从从持戈。古文讀若咸，讀若《詩》云：‘攕攕女手。’” |
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