Simplified
Components
臣 IconicSimplified component
Depicts an eye.
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 臣 than it was in ancient scripts.
Original meaning: pen; fence
Depicts an animal, such as a cow (牛), trapped around an animal's fence (宀).
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | |
|---|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | ruː | |
| Unicode | lɑu |
說文解字
《說文》：“牢，閑，養牛馬圈也。从牛，冬省，取其四周帀也。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Traditional
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | kaem | [k]ˤram | inspect |
| kaemH | kˤram-s | mirror |
說文解字
《說文》：“監，臨下也。从臥，省聲。，古文監从言。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)