此致敬礼 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

cǐzhìjìnglǐ

respectfully yours

cǐ this

Origin unclear. Two possible explanations are (1) depicts a person (人) stopping (止), meaning "here", and (2) depicts a foot (止) kicking a person (人), based on an earlier meaning "to kick" (跐).

Components

止 Iconic component

zhǐ (foot), stop

人 Iconic component

rén, ren person

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 人 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 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

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

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

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (2 of 17 verified)

紫柴雌疵龇髭砦呲眦赀訾茈跐眥觜貲齜

Meaning (1)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tshjeX	[tsʰ]e(j)ʔ	this

說文解字

《說文》：“此，止也。从止，从匕。匕，相比次也。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.119漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

zhì send, deliver

Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 至 represents the sound.

Components

至 Sound component

zhì reach

攵 Meaning component

pū tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

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Component uses

Sound (1)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	trijH	t<r>i[t]-s	(cause to arrive): transmit

說文解字

《說文》：“致，送詣也。从夂，从至。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

jìng respect

Phonosemantic compound. 茍 represents the sound and 攵 represents the meaning.

Components

茍 Sound Meaning component

jì, jí to be circumspect

攵 Meaning component

pū tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 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

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Qin 221-206 BC

Seal form — Seal Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (2 of 5 verified)

警擎儆檠驚

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kjaengH	kreŋ(ʔ)-s	respectful

說文解字

《說文》：“敬，肅也。从攴、茍。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

lǐ social custom Simplified

Simplified form of 禮. Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 豊 represents the sound.

Components

礻 Meaning component

shì show

礻 is a component form of 示.

乚 Simplified component

yǐn, yà turning stroke

Shorthand for the 豊 component in the traditional character 禮.

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	riːʔ

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

lǐ gift Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 豊 represents the sound. Originally written as 豊.

Components

礻 Meaning component

shì show

礻 is a component form of 示.

豊 Sound Meaning component

lǐ, fēng abundant

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	lejX	[r]ˤijʔ	propriety, ceremony

說文解字

《說文》：“禮，履也，所以事神致福也。从示、从豊，豊亦聲。，古文禮。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)