鞀

drum

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdaw[d]ˤawsmall drum
Zhengzhangdeːw

說文解字

鞀遼也。从革召聲。

Sources

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

鼗 táo a drum-shaped rattle (used by peddlers or as a toy) Simplified

Components

兆
兆 Sound component
zhào omen
鼓
鼓 Meaning component
gǔ drum

drum

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl'aːw

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang