羁宦
jī​huàn

serve afar

羁 jī halter Simplified

A leather 革 halter used to control 罒a horse  马

Components

罒
罒 Meaning component
wǎng net or eye
革
革 Meaning component
gé leather
马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

宦 huàn officialdom

A minister 臣 in a statehouse 宀

Components

宀
宀 Meaning component
mián roof
臣
臣 Meaning component
chén minister

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthwænHm-kʷˤ<r>a[n]-sservant
Zhengzhangɡʷraːns
Unicodehuàn

說文解字

仕也。从宀从臣。

Sources

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

羈 halter Traditional

A leather 革 halter used to control 罒a horse  馬

Components

罒
罒 Meaning component
wǎng net or eye
革
革 Meaning component
gé leather
馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkjekrajbridle, halter
Zhengzhangkral
Unicodegyɛ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica