诘
jié

question

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 吉 represents the sound. Simplified form of 詰.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

吉
吉 Sound component
jí lucky

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

詰 question Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 吉 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
吉
吉 Sound component
jí lucky

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhjit[kʰ]i[t]interrogate, reprimand
Zhengzhangkʰid

說文解字

問也。从言吉聲。

Sources

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