殸 - Dong Chinese dictionary

qìng

stone chimes

Variant form of 磬. Depicts a hand striking a musical stone chime with a stick.

Components

声 Iconic component

shēng

sound

Depicts a hanging stone chime.

殳 Iconic component

shū

weapon or tool

Depicts a hand striking the stone chime with an object.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

qìng

stone chimes; variant of 磬[qìng]

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (1 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[C.qʰ]ˤeŋ-s	khengH	qìng	hanging musical stone

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes	11
Unicode	U+6BB8
Shuowen	“磬，樂石也。从石，殸象縣虡之形。殳，擊之也。古者毋句氏作磬。殸，籀文省；硜，古文从巠。”

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