huī​zhì

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Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxjwɨjm̥ əjrope
Zhengzhanghmɯl
Unicodexiuəi

說文解字

衺幅也。一曰三糾繩也。从糸,微省聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

zhì flag Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
jīn cloth
Sound component
zhǐ, zhī only

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

zhì flag Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
jīn cloth
Sound component
zhī, zhí to gather

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtjɯɡs
tʰjɯɡs
hljɯɡs

說文解字

旌旗之屬。从巾戠聲。

Sources

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