觜觽
zī​xī

constellation

觜 zuǐ, zī beak

Phonosemantic compound. 角 represents the meaning and 此 represents the sound.

Components

此
此 Sound component
cǐ this
Change in sound
角
角 Meaning component
jiǎo, jué horn

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

嘴

Meaning (1)

嘴

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsjweX[ts]ojʔ beak

說文解字

《說文》：“觜，鴟舊頭上角觜也。一曰觜觿也。从角，此聲。”

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)

觽 xī variant of 觿

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡʷeː

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang