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zhé

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Definitions

zhé old term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[dà]), now called 捺[nà]; sound made by birds (onom.); (literary) to dismember (form of punishment); to spread

Etymology phono-semantic

rock

Semantic: 石 Phonetic: 桀

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

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Component: 桀

Component: 石

Components

桀石