鞲鞴
gōu​bèi

piston

鞲 gōu leather arm guard

Components

革
革 Meaning component
gé leather

leather

冓
冓 Sound component
gòu, gōu a secluded place

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkoː

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

鞴 bèi, fú, bù saddle up horse

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbrɯɡs
baːɡs
bɯɡ

Sources

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