Dong Chinese dictionary

jiǎ

false

Original meaning:

whetstone

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.

Components

石 Iconic component

shí, dàn

stone

Depicts a stone.

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 石 than it was in ancient scripts.

刀 Iconic component

dāo

knife

Depicts a knife.

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 刀 than it was in ancient scripts.

又 Iconic component

yòu

(hand), again

Depicts a hand.

Evolution

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

叚

jiǎ

false

假 (叚)

jiǎ

variant of 假[jiǎ]; to borrow

Most common words with 叚

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	假	fake
	假装	to feign
	假如	if
	假设	to suppose
	假期	vacation

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

嘏

Sound component in 12 characters (3 verified)

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

季旭昇《說文新證》p.210

Original meaning:

Freq.

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