暨
jì

and

Phonosemantic compound. 旦 represents the meaning and 既 represents the sound.

Components

旦
旦 Meaning component
dàn dawn
既
既 Sound component
jì already

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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-SagartgijH[m-k-]rəp-sreach to
Zhengzhangɡrɯds
kɯds
krɯd
Unicodegyì

說文解字

日頗見也。从旦旣聲。

Sources

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