嵇
jī

mountain in Henan

Components

禾
禾 Sound component
hé grain stalk
尤
尤 Unknown component
yóu especially
山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain

mountain

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡiː
Unicodehei

說文解字

山名。从山,稽省聲。奚氏避難特造此字,非古。

Sources

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