街
jiē HSK2

street

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approved by Peter Olson · Jun 28, 2021, 12:53 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Jun 28, 2021, 12:53 AM

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Phonosemantic compound. 行 represents the meaning and 圭 represents the sound.

Components

行
行 Meaning component
圭
圭 Sound component
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkea[k]ˤre road-crossing

說文解字

《說文》：“街，四通道也。从行，圭聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)