恣
zìcī

indulge oneself

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 次 represents the sound.

Components

心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart
次
次 Sound component
cì second, next

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Unknown (0 of 1 verified)

懿

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsijHtsi[t]-sunrestrained, license
Zhengzhangʔslis
Unicodetzì

說文解字

縱也。从心次聲。

Sources

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