懈弛 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

xièchí

lax

xiè idle

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

Components

忄 Meaning component

xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

解 Sound component

jiě divide

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	kreːs

說文解字

怠也。从心解聲。

Sources

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

chí loosen

Phonosemantic compound. 弓 represents the meaning and 也 represents the sound.

Components

弓 Meaning component

gōng bow

也 Sound component

yě also

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	syeX	l̥ ajʔ	slacken (a bow)
Zhengzhang		hljalʔ

說文解字

弓解也。从弓从也。

Sources

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