妒嫉
dù​jí

envy

妒 dù jealous

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 户 represents the sound. Simplified form of 妬.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
户
户 Sound component
hù, hu door

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttuHtˤak-sjealous
Zhengzhangtqaːs
Unicodedò

說文解字

婦妒夫也。从女戶聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

嫉 jí jealousy

An envious 疾 woman 女; 疾 also provides the pronunciation

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
疾
疾 SoundMeaning component
jí illness

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzids
zid

Sources

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