escort

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
yì, è city
Sound component
hù, hu door

Character Evolution

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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthuXm-qˤaʔto stop
Zhengzhangɡʷaːʔ
Unicode

說文解字

夏后同姓所封,戰於甘者。在鄠,有扈谷、甘亭。从邑戶聲。

Sources

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