Chinese Character Wiki

械

xiè

weapons

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 戒 represents the sound.

Components
木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

戒 sound component

戒  Sound component

jiè

  

warn

Evolution

械 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
械 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
械 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
械 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

械  

xiè

weapons; implements, instruments; appliance; tool; weapon; shackles; also pr. [jiè]

Most common words with 械
Freq.
Word
Meaning

机械

machine

器械

apparatus

枪械

firearm

械

tool

机械化

to mechanize

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[m-k]ˤrək-s

heajH

xiè

fetters; weapon


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 9.0341% of movies

1984th most common character in movies

1657th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+68B0

Shuowen

“械，桎梏也。从木，戒聲。一曰器之緫名。一曰持也。一曰有盛為械，無盛為器。”


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