悸
jì

fearful

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

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

季
季 Sound component
jì season

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartgjwijH[ɡ]ʷi[t]-sagitated
Zhengzhangɡʷids
Unicodeghuì

說文解字

心動也。从心季聲。

Sources

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