摯
zhìZhì

sincere

To shake 執 hands 手; 執 also provides the pronunciation

Components

執
執 SoundMeaning component
zhí hold in hand
手
手 Meaning component
shǒu, shou hand

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyijH[t]ip-sseize
Zhengzhangtjibs

說文解字

握持也。从手从執。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

挚 zhì sincere Simplified

To shake 执 hands 手; 执 also provides the pronunciation

Components

执
执 SoundMeaning component
zhí hold in hand
手
手 Meaning component
shǒu, shou hand

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode