Unicode: U+727F

Pinyin: gù

Definition

* 关养牛马的圈。 * 绑在牛角上使牛不能顶人的横木。 * 同"梏",桎梏,束缚

(translated) pen for cattle and horses; horizontal bar on ox horns to prevent butting; same as "梏", meaning fetters or shackles; restraints

Structure

牿 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC