凄哀 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

qī bitter cold Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 冫 represents the meaning and 妻 represents the sound. Simplified form of 淒.

Components

冫 Meaning component

bīng ice

冫 is a component form of 冰.

妻 Sound component

qī wife

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		sʰiːl
Unicode	tsei
	tsei

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

āi sad; pity

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 衣 represents the sound.

Components

衣 Sound component

yī clothes

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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锿

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	'oj	ʔˤəj	to pity; sad

說文解字

《說文》：“哀，閔也。从口，衣聲。”

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)

qī, qì sorrowful Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 妻 represents the sound.

Components

忄 Meaning component

xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

妻 Sound component

qī wife

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		sʰiːl
Unicode	tsei

說文解字

痛也。从心妻聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

凄 qī bitter cold Simplified

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哀 āi sad; pity

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悽 qī, qì sorrowful Traditional

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qī bitter cold Simplified

āi sad; pity

qī, qì sorrowful Traditional