歧
qí HSK7

fork of road

Phonosemantic compound. 止 represents the meaning and 支 represents the sound.

Components

止
止 Meaning component
zhǐ (foot), stop
支
支 Sound component
zhī support, hold up

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartgjieN-ke (dialect: no palatalization)forked (road)
Zhengzhangɡe
Unicodeghiɛ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang