琥
hǔ

jewel in shape of tiger

A tiger's eye 虎 stone 王; 虎 also provides the pronunciation

Components

王
王 Meaning component
wáng king
虎
虎 SoundMeaning component
hǔ, hu tiger

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰlaːʔ
Unicodexǒ

說文解字

發兵瑞玉,爲虎文。从玉从虎,虎亦聲。《春秋傳》曰:“賜子家雙琥。”

Sources

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