xiè

bridle

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsled

說文解字

系也。从糸丗聲。《春秋傳》曰:“臣負羈紲。”

Sources

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

xiè bridle Simplified

Components

Meaning component
silk

thread

Sound component
shì generation

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode