biāo

bit

A metal bit  used to saddle  a horse

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal
Meaning component
páo, biāo, piǎo till

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangprew

說文解字

馬銜也。从金麃聲。

Sources

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

biāo bit Simplified

A metal bit  used to saddle  a horse

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal
Meaning component
páo, biāo, piǎo till

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode