to show the teeth

Components

Meaning component
chǐ teeth

teeth

Sound component
this

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsre

說文解字

齒相齗也。一曰開口見齒之皃。从齒,柴省聲。讀若柴。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

zī, chái to show the teeth Simplified

Components

齿
齿 Meaning component
chǐ teeth

teeth

Sound component
this

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode