bǐ​xiè

disrespectful

rustic

Phonosemantic compound. represents the sound and ⻏ represents the meaning. Originally written as .

Components

SoundMeaning component
bǐ, tú remote place
Meaning component
city

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Spring and Autumn ~600 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpijXprəʔ border town

說文解字

《說文》:“啚,嗇也。从囗、。,受也。,古文啚如此。”

Sources

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

xiè slight Simplified

Components

Meaning component
clothes
Sound component
zhí hold in hand

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

slight Traditional

Components

Meaning component
clothes

cloth

Sound component
yì, shì art, skill

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsjets-ŋetgarment next to the body
Zhengzhangsŋed

說文解字

私服。从衣埶聲。《詩》曰:“是褻袢也。”

Sources

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