jí​mù

harmonious

ji, jí gather up Simplified

Components

Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle

cart

Sound component
to whisper

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

friendly

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
eye
Sound component
a clod of earth

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmjuwkmr[uk] concord

說文解字

《說文》:“睦,目順也。从目,坴聲。一曰敬和也。,古文眭。”

Sources

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

ji, jí gather up Traditional

Components

Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle

cart

Sound component
to whisper

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzip[dz][u]pgather, collect
tsripts<r>[u]pcollect (Jīngdiǎn shìwén)
Zhengzhangzib

說文解字

車和輯也。从車咠聲。

Sources

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