Chinese Character Wiki
𢦏

zāi

to cut

Phonosemantic compound. 才 represents the sound and 戈 represents the meaning.

Components
才 sound component

才  Sound component

cái

  

talent

戈 meaning component

戈  Meaning component

gē

  

spear

Evolution

𢦏 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
𢦏 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

𢦏  

zāi

to cut, wound, hurt

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

戴

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+2298F

Shuowen

“，傷也。从戈，才聲。”


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