怵惕
chù​tì

apprehensive

怵 chù, xù fear

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

heart

术
术 Sound component
shù art

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangl̥ʰud
Unicodetjuit

說文解字

恐也。从心术聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

惕 tì be cautious

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 易 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

易
易 Sound component
yì easy

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartthekl̥ ˤekanxious, worried
Zhengzhangl̥ʰeːɡ
Unicodetek

說文解字

敬也。从心易聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)