雏妓
chú​jì

child prostitute

雏 chú, jú, jù chick Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 刍 represents the sound. Simplified form of 雛.

Components

隹
隹 Meaning component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird
刍
刍 Sound component
chú, zōu mow, cut grass

Sources

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妓 jì, jī prostitute

A working 支 woman 女; 支 also provides the pronunciation

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
支
支 SoundMeaning component
zhī support, hold up

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkre
ɡreʔ
Unicodeghyɛ̌

說文解字

婦人小物也。从女支聲。讀若跂行。

Sources

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

雛 chick Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 芻 represents the sound.

Components

隹
隹 Meaning component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird
芻
芻 Sound component
mow, cut grass

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangzro
Unicodejrhio

說文解字

雞子也。从隹芻聲。

Sources

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