Chinese Character Wiki

砭

biān

stone probe

Components
石 meaning component

石  Meaning component

shí, dàn

  

stone

stone

乏 sound component

乏  Sound component

fá

  

lack

Evolution

砭 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
砭 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

砭  

biān

stone probe; pierce; counsel; ancient stone acupuncture needle; to criticize; to pierce

Most common words with 砭
Freq.
Word
Meaning

砭

to pierce

针砭

to critique

砭骨

to be extremely cold or painful

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4774th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+782D

Shuowen

“砭，以石刺病也。从石，乏聲。”


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