Chinese Character Wiki

戡

kān

subjugate

Components
甚 sound component

甚  Sound component

shén, shèn

  

extremely

戈 meaning component

戈  Meaning component

gē

  

spear

spear

Evolution

戡 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
戡 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
戡 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

戡  

kān

subjugate, subdue, quell; kill; suppress

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[kʰ]ˤ[ə]m

khom

kān

kill


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4817th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+6221

Shuowen

“戡，刺也。从戈，甚聲。”


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