niè

in disorder

Components

Meaning component
hill, place

city

Sound component
jiù mortar
Unknown component
gōng work

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangŋeːd

說文解字

危也。从𨸏,从毀省。徐巡以爲:隉,凶也。賈侍中說:隉,法度也。班固說:不安也。《周書》曰:“邦之阢隉。”讀若虹蜺之蜺。

Sources

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

niè in disorder Simplified

Components

Meaning component
hill, place

city

Sound component
lǐ, li village

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode