孽畜
niè​chù

beast

孽 niè evil

Components

薛
薛 Sound component
xuē kind of marsh grass
子
子 Meaning component
zi, zǐ child

child

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangŋred
Unicodengiɛt

Sources

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

畜 chù, xù livestock

Components

玄
玄 Sound component
xuán, xuàn black
田
田 Meaning component
tián field

farm

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

蓄搐

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttrhjuwHqʰ<r>uk-sdomesticated animals
trhjuwkqʰ<r>ukstore (v.)
xjuwHqʰuk-sdomestic animal
xjuwkqʰuknourish
Zhengzhangl̥ʰuɡs
l̥ʰuɡ
hluɡ

說文解字

田畜也。《淮南子》曰：“玄田爲畜。”

Sources

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