二叠纪
èr​dié​jì

Permian

二 èr two

Two horizontal strokes, representing the number two.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (4 of 8 verified)

些次再仁竺贰佞貳

Sound (1)

次

Simplified (1)

兰

Distinguishing (1)

亘

Iconic (1)

亙

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnyijHni[j]-s two

說文解字

《說文》：“二，地之數也。从偶一。弍，古文。”

Sources

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

叠 dié pile Simplified

Clothes 叒 stacked on top of a drawer 冝

Components

叒
叒 Meaning component
ruò obedient
冝
冝 Meaning component
yí suitable

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

纪 jì record Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 己 represents the sound. Simplified form of 紀.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

己
己 Sound component
jǐ self

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

疊 dié pile Traditional

Clothes 畾 stacked on top of a drawer 冝

Components

畾
畾 Meaning component
léi thunder
冝
冝 Meaning component
yí suitable

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdeplˤ[i]pdouble, accumulate
Zhengzhangl'ɯːb
Unicodedhep

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

紀 jì record Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 己 represents the sound.

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

己
己 Sound component
jǐ self

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkiXk(r)əʔ leading thread

說文解字

《說文》：“紀，絲別也。从糸，己聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)