讥诮
jī​qiào

mock

讥 jī ridicule Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 几 represents the sound. Simplified form of 譏.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

几
几 Sound component
jǐ, jī small table

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

诮 qiào criticize Simplified

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

肖
肖 Sound component
xiào look like

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

譏 jī ridicule Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 幾 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
幾
幾 Sound component
jǐ how much

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkɯl
Unicodegiəi

說文解字

誹也。从言幾聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

誚 criticize Traditional

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

肖
肖 Sound component
xiào look like

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangzews
Unicodedzhiɛ̀u

Sources

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