zhōu​jí

relief

zhōu give for charity Simplified

Components

Meaning component
bèi sea shell

money

Sound component
zhōu cycle

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

urgent

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
xīn, xin heart
人+又
人+又 Meaning component
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 人+又 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Simplified (2)

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkip[k](r)əp urgent

說文解字

《說文》:“,褊也。从心,及聲。”

Sources

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

give for charity Traditional

Components

Meaning component
bèi sea shell

money

Sound component
zhōu cycle

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtjɯw

Sources

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