chī​dāi HSK7

dementia

chī foolish

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
sick
Sound component
zhī know

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl̥ʰɯ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

dāi dull, stupid

Depicts the mouth () being stuck and not moving, like wood (), representing someone stupid or expressionless.

Components

Iconic component
kǒu, kou mouth
Iconic component
tree

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtɯː
ŋɯː

Sources

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