zhì

pheasant

Components

Sound component
shǐ arrow
Meaning component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

bird

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdrijXlr[i]jʔpheasant
Zhengzhangl'iʔ
Unicodedjhǐ

說文解字

有十四種:盧諸雉,喬雉,鳪雉,鷩雉,秩秩海雉,翟山雉,翰雉,卓雉,伊洛而南曰翬,江淮而南曰搖,南方曰𢏚,東方曰钕,北方曰稀,西方曰蹲。从隹矢聲。

Sources

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