帻
zé

turban

Components

巾
巾 Meaning component
jīn cloth

towel

责
责 Sound component
zé responsibility

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

幘 turban Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsreːɡ
Unicodejrɛk

說文解字

髮有巾曰幘。从巾責聲。

Sources

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