痴騃 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

chī'ái

stupid

chī foolish

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

Components

疒 Meaning component

nè sick

知 Sound component

zhī know

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	l̥ʰɯ

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

騃 ái stupid

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	ŋrɯːʔ
	sɢrɯʔ

說文解字

馬行㐹㐹也。从馬矣聲。

Sources

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