懂中文 Dong Chinese

覈

hé

investigate

Phonosemantic compound. 襾 represents the meaning and 敫 represents the sound.

Components
襾 meaning component

襾  Meaning component

yà

  

cover

敫 sound component

敫  Sound component

jiǎo

  

shining light

Evolution

覈 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
覈 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
覈 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
覈 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
覈 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

覈  

hé

investigate, consider, examine

核 (覈) 

hé

variant of 核[hé]; to investigate

Most common words with 覈
Freq.
Word
Meaning

核心

core

核

pit

核弹

nuclear warhead

考核

to examine

核武器

nuclear weapon