智慧
zhì​huì HSK6

wisdom

智 zhì wisdom, knowledge

Phonosemantic compound. 知 represents the sound and 甘 represents the meaning..

Components

知
知 SoundMeaning component
zhī know
甘
甘 Meaning component
gān sweetness

Depicts a mouth.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttrjeHtre-s knowledge

說文解字

《說文》：“，識詞也。从白，从亏，从知。，古文。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.277
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

慧 huì bright

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

Components

心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart
彗
彗 Sound component
huì, suì broom

Character Evolution

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 Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthwejH[ɢ]ʷˤe[t]-sintelligent
Zhengzhangɡʷeːds
Unicodehuèi

說文解字

儇也。从心彗聲。

Sources

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