què
to strike from above
Original meaning:
to strike a musical instrument
Depicts a hand holding a mallet or stick (殳) striking a musical instrument. The component originally depicting a musical instrument was later reanalyzed as a sound component (𡉉). Based on the original meaning "to strike a musical instrument". The meaning later shifted to "to strike from above".
Components
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Unicode | U+3C7F |
Shuowen | “,从上擊下也。一曰素也。从殳,聲。段玉裁注:“俗作‘殼’,或作‘’。” |
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