崎岖
qí​qū

rugged

崎 qí rough

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 奇 represents the sound.

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
奇
奇 Sound component
qí strange

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰral
ɡɯl
Unicodeghiəi

Sources

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

岖 qū steep Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 区 represents the sound. Simplified form of 嶇.

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
区
区 Sound component
qū area

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

嶇 qū steep Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 區 represents the sound.

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
區
區 Sound component
qū area

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰo
Unicodekio

Sources

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