zhí HSK6

grow, reproduce

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad
Sound component
zhí straight

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzyikN-tək grow, flourish (v.)
dzyikm-tək plant (v.)

說文解字

《說文》:“殖,脂膏久,殖也。从歺,直聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica