Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 旨 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsyij | kij | fat, grease |
| Zhengzhang | kji | ||
| Unicode | ji |
說文解字
戴角者脂，無角者膏。从肉旨聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)