碛
qì

sand and gravel

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone

stone

责
责 Sound component
zé responsibility

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

磧 sand and gravel Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰeɡ
Unicodetsiɛk

說文解字

水陼有石者。从石責聲。

Sources

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