隘
ài HSK7

narrow

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 益 represents the sound.

Components

阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

益
益 Sound component
yì benefit

Character Evolution

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-SagartʔɛHqˤ<r>[i]k-sa narrow pass
ʔɛkqˤ<r>[i]k
Zhengzhangqreːɡs
Unicodeqɛ̀i

Sources

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