jì​xíng

dosage form

medicinal preparation Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
dāo knife

is a component form of .

Sound component
even

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

xíng pattern, mold

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
xíng punishment
Meaning component
earth

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡeːŋ

說文解字

《說文》:“型,鑄器之法也。从土,刑聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

medicinal preparation Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
dāo knife

is a component form of .

Sound component
even, uniform

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzliːls
ʔslel

說文解字

齊也。从刀从齊,齊亦聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica