strong

Components

Meaning component
rén person

person

Sound component
lucky

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartgit[ɡ]ri[t]strong, healthy (horse)
Zhengzhangɡlid
ɡrid

說文解字

正也。从人吉聲。《詩》曰:“旣佶且閑。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica