躋
jī

ascend

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 齊 represents the sound.

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
齊
齊 Sound component
qí even, uniform

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsej[ts]ˤəjascend
Zhengzhangʔsliːl
ʔsliːls
Unicodetzei

說文解字

登也。从足齊聲。《商書》曰：“予顚躋。”

Sources

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

跻 jī ascend Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 齐 represents the sound. Simplified form of 躋.

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
齐
齐 Sound component
qí even

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode