xiá

whetstone

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
石 meaning component

  Meaning component

shídàn

  

stone

叚 sound component

  Sound component

jiǎ

  

false

Evolution

碬 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
碬 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

xiá

whetstone