plow

Components

Meaning component
grain stalk
Meaning component
wù, mò must not
Meaning component
niú cow

Historical Pronunciations

Middle Chinese
Unicodelei

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

jiān, qián, kān

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰaːn
kʰaːns
kreːn
kan

說文解字

靬,乾革也。武威有麗靬縣。从革干聲。

Sources

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