Chinese Character Wiki
丂

kǎo

axe handle

Pictograph of an axe handle.

Evolution

丂 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
丂 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
丂 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
丂 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

丂  

kǎo

obstruction of breath (qi) as it seeks release; variant of other characters; axe handle; "breath" or "sigh" component in Chinese characters

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

朽

Sound component in 3 characters (3 verified)

号 考 巧

Iconic component in 5 characters (5 verified)

平 乎 考 兮 昜

Unknown component in 2 characters (2 verified)

兮 甹

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.qʰˤuʔ (Shuōwén; no pre-Qín exx.)

khawX

kǎo

to sob


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

2

Unicode

U+4E02

Shuowen

“丂，气欲舒出，勹上礙於一也。丂，古文以為亏字，又以為巧字。”


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