chè

split

Components

Meaning component
earth

earth

Sound component
chì to scold

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttrhækNə-qʰˤ<r>ak (W dialect: *qʰˤr- > *r̥ ˤ- > trh-)split (v.i.)
Zhengzhangtŋ̊ʰraːɡ
Unicodetjæk

說文解字

裂也。《詩》曰:“不𡍩不疈。”从土㡿聲。

Sources

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