Glyph Origins

Radical ⼑ (18)

刀 (U+5200)

ShangShang
(Shi)
Late
W.Zhou
QinW.HanE.HanNanbei
(N.Wei)
集2136合22474集10176
[則]
睡.爲41
[則]
張.奏199五.木牘336B寇憑墓誌

{刀} *C.tˤaw “knife”

Depiction of a knife.

  • 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (352)

刃 (U+5203)

Shang
(Shi-Bin)
Zhanguo
(Jin)
QinE.HanNanbei
(N.Wei)
TangTangMing
合117集9735
[忍]
睡.封67趙寬碑爾朱紹墓誌唐1475X唐1404C字彙

{刃} *nə[n]s “blade”

Depiction of a knife () with an indicative line over its blade.

  • 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (360)