qiú

ornamental cap

Components

Unknown component
rén person
Sound component
qiú seek

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡu

說文解字

冠飾皃。从人求聲。《詩》曰:“弁服俅俅。”

Sources

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