qú​jīng

shrew

Components

Meaning component
shǔ rat

rat

Sound component
sentence

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡo

說文解字

精鼩鼠也。从鼠句聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

jīng

Components

Meaning component
shǔ rat

rat

Sound component
qīng green or blue

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsleŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang