xié

harmonize

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
yán speech
Sound component
jiē all

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡriːl
Unicodehæi

說文解字

詥也。从言皆聲。

Sources

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

xié harmonize Simplified

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

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

is a component form of .

Sound component
jiē all

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode