to put to death to imprison for life

Components

Meaning component
dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad

death

Sound component
jí, qì urgently

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkɯɡ

說文解字

殊也。从歺亟聲。《虞書》曰:“殛鯀于羽山。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica