窆
biǎn

to put a coffin in a grave

Components

穴
穴 Meaning component
xué, jué cave

hole

乏
乏 Unknown component
fá lack

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpjemHpr[o]m-sput coffin in grave
Zhengzhangproms

說文解字

葬下棺也。从穴乏聲。《周禮》曰：“及窆執斧。”

Sources

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