凿

Related characters

 * ( of  凿 )

Glyph origin
– (⿱丵臼*) A chisel inside of a mortar, an ancient form of, dating back to oracle bone inscriptions, components such as and  were added later.

Used as a shorthand in popular novels of the Qing dynasty.

Eventually adopted as an official simplified character by the People's Republic of China in the 1956.