斯 (Sī)

Slovakia; Slovak; abbr. for 斯洛伐克[Si1 luo4 fa2 ke4]

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 斤 represents the meaning and 其 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "cut". Nowadays this character is usually only used for its sound in phonetic loans.

Shuowen Jiezi

《說文》:“斯,析也。从斤,其聲。《詩》曰:‘斧以斯之。’”

Original meaning

cut

Components