筴
cèjiā

type of grass used in divination

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Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 夾 represents the sound.

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo
夾
夾 Sound component
jiā, jiá be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰreːɡ
kreːb
keːb

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica