臭棋
chòu​qí

blunder

臭 chòu smell

Components

自
自 Meaning component
zì (nose), self
犬
犬 Meaning component
quǎn dog

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

嗅溴糗

Meaning (0 of 3 verified)

嗅溴糗

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyhuwHt-qʰu(ʔ)-s odor, to stink (intransitive)?
xjuwHqʰu(ʔ)-s odor, to stink (intransitive)?

說文解字

《說文》：“臭，禽走臭而知其迹者，犬也。从犬，从自。”

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)

棋 qí chess

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 其 represents the sound. Simplified form of 碁.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
其
其 Sound component
qí its, his, (3p possessive)

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartgi[ɡ](r)əchess, board game
Zhengzhangɡɯ
Unicodeghiə

Sources

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