珂
kē

inferior kind of jade

Possibly 可 jade 王; 可 also provides the pronunciation

Components

王
王 Meaning component
wáng king
可
可 SoundMeaning component
kě able to

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰaːl
Unicodekɑ

說文解字

玉也。从玉可聲。

Sources

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