hù'ōu

brawl

mutual

Depicts two symmetric figures intertwining with each other.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthuHm-qˤaʔ-s intertwining

說文解字

《說文》:“,可以收繩也。从竹,象形,中象人手所推握也。互,或省。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.375-376
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

ōu, oū, kōu beat Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
shū weapon or tool
Sound component
area

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

beat Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shū weapon or tool
Sound component
area

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqoːʔ

說文解字

捶毄物也。从殳區聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica