轡
pèi

bridle of horse

Rope 糹 yoking a horse to a chariot 車 by its mouth 口

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk
車
車 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk
口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpijHpr[i][t]-sreins
Zhengzhangprɯds
Unicodebyì

說文解字

馬轡也。从絲从軎。與連同意。《詩》曰：“六轡如絲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

辔 pèi bridle of horse Simplified

Rope 纟 yoking a horse to a chariot 车 by its mouth 口

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk
车
车 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk
口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode