矍
jué

look about in fright or alarm

To startle 瞿 again 又; 瞿 also provides the pronunciation

Components

瞿
瞿 SoundMeaning component
qú, jù, jí surname
又
又 Meaning component
yòu again

Character Evolution

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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

攫蠼玃

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkjwakC.qʷ(r)akanxious look
Zhengzhangkʷaɡ

說文解字

隹欲逸走也。从又持之，矍矍也。讀若《詩》云“穬彼淮夷”之“穬”。一曰視遽皃。

Sources

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