tablet held by someone having authority

Components

Meaning component
zhú bamboo

bamboo

Sound component
wù, mò must not

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhanghmɯːd
Unicodexuət

說文解字

公及士所搢也。从竹勿聲。案:籒文作𡇉,象形。義云佩也。古笏佩之。此字後人所加。

Sources

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