zōu​yú

ceremonial tune

zōu, zhū, zhòu mounted escort Simplified

Components

Meaning component
horse

horse

Sound component
chú, zōu mow, cut grass

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

concerned about

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
tiger

is a component form of .

Sound component
one of warring states

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Xin 9-23 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngju[ŋ]ʷ(r)a foresee
ngju[ŋ]ʷ(r)a gamester; forester

說文解字

《說文》:“虞,騶虞也。白虎黑文,尾長於身。仁獸,食自死之肉。从虍,吳聲。《詩》曰:‘于嗟乎騶虞’。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

mounted escort Traditional

Components

Meaning component
horse

horse

Sound component
mow, cut grass

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzrjuwHm-[ts]ˤro(k)-sto run
tsrjuw[ts]ˤrogroom
Zhengzhangʔsru
Unicodejriou

說文解字

廏御也。从馬芻聲。

Sources

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