佳绩
jiā​jì

success

佳 jiā good, beautiful

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 圭 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

圭
圭 Sound component
guī jade pointed at top
Change in sound

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-Sagartkea[k]ˤre good

說文解字

《說文》：“佳，善也。从人，圭聲。”

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)

绩 jī spin (thread) Simplified

Simplified form of 績. Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 責 represents the sound.

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

责
责 Sound component
zé responsibility
Change in sound

Sources

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

績 jī spin (thread) Traditional

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

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

責
責 Sound component
zé responsibility
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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-Sagarttsek[ts]ˤek twist, spin
tsek[ts]ˤek achieve; achievement

說文解字

《說文》：“績，緝也。从糸，責聲。”

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)