犊
dú

calf

To sacrifice 卖 a calf 牛

Components

牛
牛 Meaning component
niú cow
卖
卖 Meaning component
mài, mai sell

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

犢 calf Traditional

To sacrifice 賣 a calf 牛

Components

牛
牛 Meaning component
niú cow
賣
賣 Meaning component
mài, mai sell

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartduwklˤokcalf
Zhengzhangl'oːɡ

說文解字

牛子也。从牛，瀆省聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)