halter for ox

Components

Meaning component
má, ma hemp
Sound component
mì, sī silk

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmral
Unicodemyɛ

說文解字

《說文》:“縻,牛轡也。从糸,麻聲。,縻或从多。”

Sources

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