鞍鞯
ān​jiān

saddle and blanket

鞍 ān saddle

Phonosemantic compound. 革 represents the meaning and 安 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鞌.

Components

革
革 Meaning component
gé leather
安
安 Sound component
ān peaceful

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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-Sagartʔan[ʔ]ˤa[n][place name]
Zhengzhangqaːn
Unicodeqɑn

Sources

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

鞯 jiān saddle blanket Simplified

Components

革
革 Meaning component
gé leather

leather

荐
荐 Sound component
jiàn recommend

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

韉 saddle blanket Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsɯːn

說文解字

馬鞁具也。从革薦聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)