郗
Chī

city under the Chou Dyn. a surname

Components

希
希 Sound component
xī hope
阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

city

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl̥ʰɯl

說文解字

周邑也。在河内。从邑希聲。

Sources

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