halter

A leather  halter used to control a horse  

Components

Meaning component
wǎng net or eye
Meaning component
leather
Meaning component
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

halter Simplified

A leather  halter used to control a horse  

Components

Meaning component
wǎng net or eye
Meaning component
leather
Meaning component
horse

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode