■ radical

zhī

sword

How it’s built

Pictograph of some sort of military-purpose object. The modern form of the left component looks like 音 but it is unclear whether or not it is actually related.

音

component

sound; voice — The purpose of this component is unclear.

戈

iconic

dagger-axe

Through the ages

Oracle bone script

Bronze script

Appears in

Characters that use 戠 as a component, most common first.

織zhīto knit 識shíknowledge 職zhíduty 幟zhìflag 熾chìto burn

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