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zé

bed mat

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsreːɡ

說文解字

牀棧也。从竹責聲。

Sources

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

箦 zé, zhài bed mat Simplified

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

bamboo

责
责 Sound component
zé responsibility

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode