zhǐ​dīng

toe boil

zhǐ toe

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
foot
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

dīng, nè carbuncle

Components

Meaning component
sick

sickness

Sound component
dīng cubes

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangteːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang