brotherly

Fraternal  respect  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
xin, xīn heart
SoundMeaning component
dì, di younger brother

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdiːlʔ
diːls
Unicodedhèi

說文解字

善兄弟也。从心弟聲。經典通用弟。

Sources

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