Chinese Character Wiki
敫

jiǎo

shining light

Depicts bright light (白) being emitted (放).

Components
白 meaning component

白  Meaning component

bái

  

white

放 meaning component

放  Meaning component

fàng

  

put

Evolution

敫 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
敫 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
敫 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

敫  

jiǎo

ancient musical instrument

Component uses

Sound component in 8 characters (5 verified)

激 覈 繳 缴 邀 竅 徼 皦

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ɢlewɢ

jɨɐk̚

jiǎo

shining light


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5937th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+656B

Shuowen

“敫，光景流也。从白，从放，讀若龠。”


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