fǔ​shí​jì

corrosive

fǔ, fu rotten, decay

Phonosemantic compound. represents the sound and represents the meaning.

Components

Sound component
government
Meaning component
ròu meat

meat

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbjuX[b](r)oʔ rotten

說文解字

《說文》:“腐,爛也。从肉,府聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

shí nibble away Simplified

An insect  bite  also provides the pronunciation

Components

SoundMeaning component
shí eat
Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

medicinal preparation Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
dāo knife

is a component form of .

Sound component
even

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

shí nibble away Traditional

An insect  bite  also provides the pronunciation

Components

SoundMeaning component
eat
Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartzyikmə-lək(eat:) eclipse
Zhengzhangɦljɯɡ
Unicodejhiək

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

medicinal preparation Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
dāo knife

is a component form of .

Sound component
even, uniform

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzliːls
ʔslel

說文解字

齊也。从刀从齊,齊亦聲。

Sources

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