幽寂
yōu​jì

secluded

幽 yōu secluded, remote

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

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
𢆶
𢆶 Sound component
yōu, zī threads

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'jiw[ʔ](r)iw dark; secluded

說文解字

《說文》：“幽，隱也。从山，中，亦聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

寂 jì still

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 叔 represents the sound.

Components

宀
宀 Meaning component
mián roof
叔
叔 Sound component
shū, shu uncle

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzeks-[d]ˤiwkquiet
Zhengzhangzlɯːwɢ
Unicodedzhek

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang