I see 戋 as part of several kanjis like in this table segments
. I looked for its meaning in tables and dictionaries and I couldnt find anything. Does 戋 have a meaning of its own?
I see 戋 as part of several kanjis like in this table segments
. I looked for its meaning in tables and dictionaries and I couldnt find anything. Does 戋 have a meaning of its own?
To clarify, the question is asking about the shared component「㦮」in characters like「践」,「銭」, and「浅」, and unfortunately, pending on your browser settings, these may be displayed as their Simplified Chinese version with the component「戋」(one less stroke) due to Han unification.
Simplified Chinese「戋」and Shinjitai「㦮」actually have the same origin, so for this question the specific one that's being asked is not important; they are stroke simplifications of what was originally written「戔」, preserved in the Jōyō kyūjitai kanji「箋」. Note that its Shinjitai form「䇳」is actually Hyōgai.
「戔」originally depicted a compound of two pole-arm weapons「戈」.
It was originally used in two senses in ancient Chinese texts, translated in Japanese Dictionaries by the kun'yomi entries that are sometimes given for this character (損なう, 余り, 狭い).
The above two meanings may be related in some sense. In any case, there are quite a few characters that use「[戔]{せん}」as a phonetic component.
Some of them even inherit the small/damaged meaning as well.