痴傻
chī​shǎ

stupid

痴 chī foolish Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 知 represents the sound. Simplified form of 癡.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
知
知 Sound component
zhī know

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl̥ʰɯ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

傻 shǎ foolish

Depicts a person (亻) with a gap in their skull (𡕩), i.e. with no brains.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

𡕩
𡕩 Meaning component
mǎn gap between bones in skull

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsqʰʷraːʔ
sqʰʷraːs

Sources

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

癡 chī silly Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 疑 represents the sound.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
疑
疑 Sound component
yí doubt

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangŋ̊ʰl'ɯ
Unicodetjiə

說文解字

《說文》：“癡，不慧也。从疒，疑聲。”

Sources

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