軷
bá
sacrifice
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[b]ˤ[a]t | bat | bá | sacrifice to the gods of the road |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
8761st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+8EF7 |
Shuowen | “軷，出將有事於道，必先告其神，立壇四通，樹茅以依神為軷。既祭軷，轢於牲而行為範軷。《詩》曰：‘取羝以軷。’从車，犮聲。” |
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