Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 鼓 represents the sound. Originally written as 𠑹, which depicts a blind person holding a cane with a missing lower eyelid.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | kuX | [k]ˤaʔ | blind |
說文解字
《說文》：“瞽，目但有眹也。从目，鼓聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)