tí​jiě

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topic Simplified

Original meaning: forehead

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "forehead". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

Meaning component
page

Depicts a head.

Sound component
shì, shi is
Change in sound

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

jiě divide

Depicts separating () the horns () from a cow () using a knife ().

Components

Iconic component
jiǎo, jué horn
Iconic component
dāo knife
Iconic component
niú cow

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 6 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkeaXkˤreʔ cut up; unloose
heaXN-kˤreʔ understand
heaXN-kˤreʔ #NAME?

說文解字

《說文》:“解,判也。从刀判牛角。一曰解廌,獸也。”

Sources

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

topic Traditional

Original meaning: forehead

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "forehead". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

Meaning component
(head), page

Depicts a head.

Sound component
shì, shi is
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdeː
deːs
Unicodedhei

說文解字

《說文》:“題,頟也。从頁,是聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica