黠
xiá

sly

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

Components

黑
黑 Meaning component
hēi black
吉
吉 Sound component
jí lucky

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthɛt[ɡ]ˤri[t]shrewd
Zhengzhangɡriːd

說文解字

堅黑也。从黑吉聲。

Sources

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