羔
gāo

lamb

Depicts lamb (羊) meat being cooked over a fire (灬).

Components

羊
羊 Iconic component
yáng sheep
灬
灬 Iconic component
biāo, huǒ fire

灬 is a component form of 火.


Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

糕窯蓔

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

羹窯

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkluː

說文解字

《說文》：“羔，羊子也。从羊，照省聲。”

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)