鬲
géGélì

type of cauldron with three hollow legs

Pictograph of an ancient ceramic three-legged vessel used for cooking.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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

Component uses

Sound (1 of 6 verified)

隔嗝镉膈翮塥

Meaning (1 of 2 verified)

融鬳

Iconic (2)

䰜𢾿

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkeakC.qˤ<r>ik yoke
lekk.rˤek tripod with hollow legs

說文解字

《說文》：“鬲，鼎屬，實五觳，斗二升曰觳。象腹交文，三足。，鬲或从瓦。，漢令鬲，从瓦，厤聲。”

Sources

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