crack

Components
谷 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

valley, ravine

valley

阝 sound component

  Sound component

  

hill, place

Evolution

郤 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
郤 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

crack, opening; surname; variant of [xì]

 

surname Xi