dǐ​fá

foot valve

bottom

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof
SoundMeaning component
dī, dǐ, zhī bottom

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttejXtˤijʔ bottom; stop, obstruct

說文解字

《說文》:“底,山居也。一曰下也。从广,氐聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

powerful and influential group Simplified

Components

Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

Sound component
cut down

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

powerful and influential group Traditional

Components

Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

Sound component
cut down

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbad

說文解字

閥閱,自序也。从門伐聲。義當通用伐。

Sources

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