shà

feathers used decorate coffin

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsræps(ˤ)r[a]pplume-fan
Zhengzhangsraːb

說文解字

棺羽飾也。天子八,諸侯六,大夫四,士二。下垂。从羽妾聲。

Sources

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