chóu​xì

feud

chóu enemy

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
rén person

is a component form of .

Sound component
jiǔ nine

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartgjuw[ɡ](r)umate (*n.)
Zhengzhangɡu

說文解字

讎也。从人九聲。

Sources

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

crack

A crack  dividing two things provides the pronunciation

Components

Sound component
hill, place
Meaning component
xiǎo small
Meaning component
sun
Meaning component
xiǎo small

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhjæk[k]ʰrakcrack (n.)
Zhengzhangkʰraɡ
Unicodekiæk

說文解字

壁際孔也。从𨸏从𡭴,𡭴亦聲。

Sources

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