chì

Components

Meaning component
sick

sickness

Sound component
jiá, qì carefree

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰjeds
ɡeːds
kʰjed

說文解字

小兒瘛瘲病也。从疒恝聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica