趾
zhǐ

toe

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 止 represents the sound.

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
止
止 Sound component
zhǐ (foot), stop

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyiXtəʔfoot, heel, toe
Zhengzhangkjɯʔ

Sources

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