歃 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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shà

smear one's mouth with blood of a victim when taking an oath

Components

臿 Sound component

chā

to separate the grain from the husk

欠 Meaning component

qiàn

yawn, deficient

breathe

Evolution

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

shà

smear one's mouth with blood of a victim when taking an oath; to drink

Most common words with 歃

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	歃血为盟	to swear a sacred oath
	歃	to drink

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[s](ˤ)r[o]p	sreap	shà	smear mouth with victim's blood
*[s]r[o]p	srjep	shà	smear mouth with blood

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6211th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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