tiè​bì

read aloud

zhān, tiè, chè whisper

To divine  with one's tongue 

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
Meaning component
zhàn divine

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtʰeːb

Sources

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

used in transliterations Simplified

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

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
Sound component
finish

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

used in transliterations Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
Sound component
finish

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode