Pictograph of a yoke or harness attached to a work animal, such as a horse or ox.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | 'eak | qˤ<r>[i]k | part of a yoke |
說文解字
《說文》：“厄，科厄，木節也。从卪，厂聲。賈侍中說以為厄，裹也。一曰：厄，蓋也。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)