TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字
剎
剎 ＝ 杀 ＋ 刂
ㄕㄚˋ · shà/chà
verb — (shà) to halt, brake; (chà) an instant; a temple
字源 FORM — what the parts do
杀形rendered bare — the worn left side
刂義a knife
A knife (刂) brings a thing up short — to halt, to brake (剎車). Under chà the word is borrowed for sound alone: 剎那 carries the Sanskrit kṣaṇa, a single instant, and 古剎 names a temple.
意 · Meanings
shà
(本義)剎住、剎車— to halt, to brake常用
chà
(假借)剎那— an instant (from Sanskrit kṣaṇa)常用
→古剎、寶剎— a Buddhist temple
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension