蹊跷
qī​qiāo

fishy

蹊 qī, xī footpath

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

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
奚
奚 Sound component
xī where? what? how? why?

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthej[ɡ]ˤefoot-path
Zhengzhangɡeː
Unicodehei

Sources

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

跷 qiāo raise one's foot Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 尧 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蹺.

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
尧
尧 Sound component
yáo a legendary ancient emperor-sage

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

蹺 raise one's foot Traditional

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

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
堯
堯 Sound component
legendary ancient emperor-sage

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangŋ̊ʰew

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang