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夅

jiàng, xiáng

to descend

Original form of 降. Depicts two feet (夂, 㐄) descending down.

Components
夂 iconic component

夂  Iconic component

zhǐ

  

go

夂 is a component form of 止. Depicts a left foot pointing downwards.

㐄 iconic component

㐄  Iconic component

kuà

  

step astride

Depicts a right foot pointing downwards.

Evolution

夅 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
夅 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

夅  

jiàng

to descend; to come down from heaven. to send down; old variant of 降[jiàng]

夅  

xiáng

old variant of 降[xiáng]

Component uses

Sound component in 5 characters (1 verified)

降 絳 绛 逄 洚

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

降

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m-kˤru[ŋ] (? < *-[u]m)

haewng

xiáng

submit


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+5905

Shuowen

“夅，服也。从夂、，相承不敢竝也。”


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