an ancient measure

Components

㱿
㱿 Sound component
què, hù, qiǎng to strike from above
Meaning component
jiǎo, jué horn

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰroːɡ
ɡoːɡ

說文解字

《說文》:“觳,盛觵巵也。一曰射具。从角,聲。讀若斛。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica