quèquēQuè

watch tower

Components

Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

Sound component
jué uprising qi counterflow

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhjwotkʷʰattower over gate
Zhengzhangkʰod
Unicodekiuæt

說文解字

門觀也。从門欮聲。

Sources

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

què, quē, jué watch tower Simplified

Components

Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

Sound component
jué uprising qi counterflow

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode