pèi

bridle of horse

Rope  yoking a horse to a chariot  by its mouth 

Components
糹 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

車 meaning component

  Meaning component

chē

  

vehicle

糹 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

Evolution

轡 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
轡 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
轡 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
轡 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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pèi

bridle of horse, reins; bridle; reins

Most common words with 轡
Freq.
Word
Meaning

辔头

bridle

bridle