huò

trap catch animals

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthwæHm-qʷˤrak-scatch, a trap
ʔwækqʷˤrakcatch (v.)
Zhengzhangɢʷaːɡs
ɢʷaːɡ
qʷraːɡ

說文解字

搫擭也。一曰布擭也,一曰握也。从手蒦聲。

Sources

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