Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | bat | [b]ˤ[a]t | sacrifice to the gods of the road |
| Zhengzhang | boːds | ||
| boːd |
說文解字
出，將有事於道，必先告其神，立壇四通，樹茅以依神，爲軷。旣祭軷，轢於牲而行，爲範軷。《詩》曰：“取羝以軷。”从車犮聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)