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丂

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

axe handle

HSK 10

Objects →Tools →Implements

kǎo

コウ

さまた.げられる

Pictograph of an axe handle.

Notes

Historical Evolution

Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)

Bronze

Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

丂

Regular

Modern

Chinese

丂 [kǎo]

"breath" or "sigh" component in Chinese characters

Example Sentences