xié, liè
cooperate, combined labor
Triple of 力 (strength). Depicts uniting in common effort.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[ɢ]ˤep | hep | xié | with united forces |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 6 |
Unicode | U+52A6 |
Shuowen | “劦,同力也。从三力。《山海經》曰:‘惟號之山,其風若劦’。” |
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