羯
jiéJié

wether

Phonosemantic compound. 羊 represents the meaning and 曷 represents the sound.

Components

羊
羊 Meaning component
yáng sheep
曷
曷 Sound component
hé, è, hè why? what? where?

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkad
Unicodegiæt

說文解字

羊羖犗也。从羊曷聲。

Sources

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