xiè

bridle

Evolution

紲 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

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xiè

bridle; halter; to tie; to bind; to hold on a leash; rope; cord

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6521st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Simplified

Unicode

U+7D32

Shuowen

“紲,系也。从糸,世聲。《春秋傳》曰:‘臣負羈紲。’緤,紲或从枼。”


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