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kneel

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 危 represents the sound.

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
危
危 Sound component
wēi dangerous

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartgjweX[g](r)ojʔkneel; foot
Zhengzhangkʰrolʔ
ɡrolʔ
Unicodeghyuɛ̌

說文解字

拜也。从足危聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)