reach

To meet  a goal  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
yán speech
SoundMeaning component
zhǐ purpose

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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-SagartngejH[ŋ]ˤij-sarrive
Zhengzhangŋɡiːs
Unicodengèi

說文解字

𠋫至也。从言旨聲。

Sources

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

reach Simplified

To meet  a goal  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
yán speech
SoundMeaning component
zhǐ purpose

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode