鬮
jiū

lots (to be drawn)

Phonosemantic compound. 鬥 represents the meaning and 龜 represents the sound.

Components

鬥
鬥 Meaning component
fight
龜
龜 Sound component
guī turtle or tortoise

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷɯ
kʷruʔ

說文解字

《說文》：“鬮，鬭取也，从鬥，龜聲。讀若三合繩糾。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

阄 jiū lots (to be drawn) Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode