Chinese Character Wiki
敫

jiǎo

shining light

Original meaning: 

to attack from the side

Depicts using a rod (攵) to attack a person (皃). Based on the original meaning "to attack from the side", now written as 𢶡. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components
皃 iconic component

皃  Iconic component

mào

  

face, countenance

Used here to depict a person. Bottom part looks like 方.

攵 iconic component

攵  Iconic component

pū

  

tap

攵 is a component form of 攴. Depicts a hand holding a rod.

Evolution

敫 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
敫 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
敫 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

敫  

jiǎo

ancient musical instrument

Component uses

Sound component in 8 characters (5 verified)

激 覈 繳 缴 邀 竅 徼 皦

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ɢlewɢ

jɨɐk̚

jiǎo

shining light


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5937th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+656B

Shuowen

“敫，光景流也。从白，从放，讀若龠。”


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