jué

rafter

Components

Meaning component
tree

tree

Sound component
jiǎo, jué horn

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkroːɡ
Unicodegak

說文解字

榱也。椽方曰桷。从木角聲。《春秋傳》曰:“刻桓宫之桷。”

Sources

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