chén​jì

inactivity

chén, chēn sink

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Variant of .

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

is a component form of .

Sound component
yín, yóu to move on

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangl'um
Unicodedjhim

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

still

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
mián roof
Sound component
shū, shu uncle

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzeks-[d]ˤiwkquiet
Zhengzhangzlɯːwɢ
Unicodedzhek

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang