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朿

cì

thorn, stab

Pictograph of a thorned weapon or plant. Original form of 刺.

Evolution

朿 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
朿 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

朿  

cì

stab

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

棘

Sound component in 6 characters (5 verified)

責 责 策 刺 脊 棘

Iconic component in 2 characters (2 verified)

刺 棗

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[tsʰ]ek-s

tshjeH

cì

sharp point, thorn


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+673F

Shuowen

“朿，木芒也。象形。讀若刺。”
Sources

裘錫圭 "Chinese Writing" p.182

黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.2073



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