lóng​zuǐ

muzzle

lóng, long, lǒng cage Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of .

Sound component
lóng dragon

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

zuǐ mouth

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
SoundMeaning component
zuǐ, zī beak

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔseʔ
Unicodetziuɛ̌

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

lóng, long, lǒng cage Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of .

Sound component
lóng dragon

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartluwngk.rˤoŋ cage, coop
luwngXk.rˤoŋʔ basket; cage

說文解字

《說文》:“籠,舉土器也。一曰笭也。从竹,龍聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica