齜
zī

to show the teeth

Components

齒
齒 Meaning component
chǐ teeth

teeth

此
此 Sound component
cǐ 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

龇 zī, chái to show the teeth Simplified

Components

齿
齿 Meaning component
chǐ teeth

teeth

此
此 Sound component
cǐ this

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode