chī​nì

sick of eating

chī eat

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
Sound component
qǐ, qì beg

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkɯd

說文解字

《說文》:“吃,言蹇難也。从口,气聲。”

Sources

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

greasy Simplified

Components

Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

flesh

Sound component
èr number two

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

greasy Traditional

Components

Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

flesh

Sound component
number two

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnrijHnri[j]-soily
Zhengzhangnis
Unicode

說文解字

上𦘺也。从肉貳聲。

Sources

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