稽颡
qǐ​sǎng

kowtow

稽 jī, qǐ examine

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk

grain

尤
尤 Unknown component
yóu especially
旨
旨 Sound component
zhǐ purpose

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Xin 9-23 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkejkˤijaccord with; cultivate (field); calculate
khejX[kʰ]ˤijʔbow the head to the ground
Zhengzhangkiː
kʰiːʔ
Unicodegei
kěi

說文解字

畱止也。从𥝌从尤，旨聲。凡稽之屬皆从稽。

Sources

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

颡 sǎng the forehead Simplified

Components

桑
桑 Sound component
sāng mulberry tree
页
页 Meaning component
yè page

head

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

顙 the forehead Traditional

Components

桑
桑 Sound component
sāng mulberry tree
頁
頁 Meaning component
yè (head), page

head

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsangX[s]ˤaŋʔforehead
Zhengzhangsŋaːŋʔ
Unicodesɑ̌ng

說文解字

頟也。从頁桑聲。

Sources

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