斥 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

chì HSK7

to scold

Original meaning: develop new land

Phonosemantic compond: 广 represents the meaning and 乇 represents the sound. Originally a variant form of 宅, based on the original meaning "to develop new land". The meaning later shifted to "expand", "get rid of", "rebuff", and "scold".

Components

广 Meaning component

guǎng roof

乇 Sound component

tuō, zhé to depend on

Change in sound

斥 and 乇 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
斥 *tʰAk
乇 *tˤrak

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 乇 than it was in ancient scripts.

Component uses

Sound (2 of 4 verified)

诉拆坼訴

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsyhek	tʰAk	rebuff; salty soil

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.724-725漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart