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殸

qìng

stone chimes

Variant form of 磬. Depicts a hand striking a musical stone chime with a stick.

Components
声 iconic component

声  Iconic component

shēng

  

sound

Depicts a hanging stone chime.

殳 iconic component

殳  Iconic component

shū

  

weapon or tool

Depicts a hand striking the stone chime with an object.

Evolution

殸 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
殸 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
殸 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
殸 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
殸 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

殸  

qìng

stone chimes; variant of 磬[qìng]

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (1 verified)

聲 馨 罄 謦

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[C.qʰ]ˤeŋ-s

khengH

qìng

hanging musical stone


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+6BB8

Shuowen

“磬，樂石也。从石，殸象縣虡之形。殳，擊之也。古者毋句氏作磬。殸，籀文省；硜，古文从巠。”


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