gōu, kòu, jū rickets

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰoːs

說文解字

務也。从人句聲。

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

mào, wú to look at closely

To make an effort  to see  something

Components

Meaning component
wù, móu to put forth effort
Meaning component
eye

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmæwkmˤ<r>uktroubled eyesight
Zhengzhangmoːɡs
mroːɡ

說文解字

氐目謹視也。从目敄聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica