纪律 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

jì record Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 己 represents the sound. Simplified form of 紀.

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

己 Sound component

jǐ self

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

lǜ law

Phonosemantic compound. 彳 represents the meaning and 聿 represents the sound.

Components

彳 Meaning component

chì, fú walk

彳 is a component form of 行.

聿 Sound Meaning component

yù writing brush

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	lwit	[r]ut	law, rule (n.)
	lwit	[r]ut	不律 writing brush (pron. in Wú 吳 ap. Shuōwén; E. Hàn)

說文解字

《說文》：“律，均布也。从彳，聿聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

jì record Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 己 represents the sound.

Components

糹 Meaning component

mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

己 Sound component

jǐ self

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kiX	k(r)əʔ	leading thread

說文解字

《說文》：“紀，絲別也。从糸，己聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

纪 jì record Simplified

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律 lǜ law

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說文解字

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紀 jì record Traditional

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jì record Simplified

lǜ law

jì record Traditional