膈肢

膈 gé, gè diaphragm

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

flesh

鬲
鬲 Sound component
gé, lì, è type of cauldron with three hollow legs

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkreːɡ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

肢 zhī human limbs

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 支 represents the sound.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

支
支 Sound component
zhī support, hold up

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyekelimb
Zhengzhangkje
Unicodejiɛ

Sources

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