shed

Components

Meaning component
niú cow

ox

Sound component
gào tell

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkuːɡ

說文解字

牛馬牢也。从牛告聲。《周書》曰:“今惟牿牛馬。”

Sources

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