chī

fine linen

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttrhijqʰrəj (dialect: *qʰr- > *r̥ - > trh-)fine cloth
Zhengzhangl̥ʰɯl
Unicodedjhi

說文解字

細葛也。从糸希聲。

Sources

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

𫄨 chī, zhǐ fine linen Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode