gavel

Evolution

敔 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
Definitions

 

gavel; percussion instrument shaped as a hollow wooden tiger, with serrated strip across the back, across which one runs a drumstick

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+6554

Shuowen

“敔,禁也。一曰樂器,椌楬也,形如木虎。从攴,吾聲。”


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