慈霭
cí'ǎi

amiable

慈 cí kind

Components

兹
兹 Sound component
zī, cí now
心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

heart

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 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-Sagartdzi[N-ts]əloving, kind
Zhengzhangzɯ
Unicodedzhiə

說文解字

愛也。从心兹聲。

Sources

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

霭 ǎi cloudy sky Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 雨 represents the meaning and 谒 represents the sound. Simplified form of 靄.

Components

雨
雨 Meaning component
yǔ rain
谒
谒 Sound component
yè, ǎi visit

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

靄 cloudy sky Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqaːds
qaːd
Unicodeqɑ̀i

說文解字

雲皃。从雨，藹省聲。

Sources

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