type of cauldron with three hollow legs

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

Evolution

鬲 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
鬲 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
鬲 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鬲 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
鬲 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

type of caldron with three hollow legs; name of a state; KangXi radical number 193; earthen pot; iron cauldron

 

surname Ge

 

ancient ceramic three-legged vessel used for cooking with cord markings on the outside and hollow legs

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (1 verified)

Sound component in 6 characters (1 verified)

Iconic component in 2 characters (2 verified)

𢾿

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.qˤ<r>ik

keak

yoke

*k.rˤek

lek

tripod with hollow legs


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6855th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+9B32

Shuowen

“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。”


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