The story of 段

segment, section

段 is composed of the variant of 石(stone, rock) and 殳(An ancient Chinese weapon named Shu), 殳 is the picture of a hand holding a hammer, so 段 depicts a rock being hammered, but such meaning has been replaced by 碫 and 鍛, now 段 means segment or section.

Vocabulary of 段

  • 段落 (phase)
  • 手段 (method
  • means)
  • 時段 (time interval)

Classification

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