xiá

linchpin of wheel

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
Sound component
hài, hai injure

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthæt[ɡ]ˤratwheel-axle cap with linch-pin
Zhengzhangkʰaːds
ɡraːd

說文解字

車聲也。从車害聲。一曰轄,鍵也。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

xiá, hé linchpin of wheel Simplified

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

Components

Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
Sound component
hài, hai injure

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode