Depicts a hand (又) sharpening a knife (刀) on a stone (石). Based on the original meaning "whetstone", now written as 碬. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
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叚
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
叚
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
叚
Bronze
Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
叚
Bronze
Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
叚
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
叚
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
叚
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
叚
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
叚
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
叚
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Modern
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