冀
jì

hope for

Phonosemantic compound. 北 represents the meaning and 異 represents the sound.

Components

北
北 Meaning component
běi north
異
異 Sound component
yì different

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
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 Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

骥驥

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkijH[k]rə[t]-s (dial. < *[k]rək-s ?)hope
Zhengzhangkrɯls
Unicodegyì

說文解字

北方州也。从北異聲。

Sources

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