䖒
xī

earthenware with the shape of a bean

Phonosemantic compound. 虍 represents the sound and 豆 represents the meaning.

Components

虍
虍 Sound component
hū tiger
Change in sound
豆
豆 Meaning component
dòu bean

Character Evolution

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

Component uses

Sound (1)

戲

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxjeŋ̊(r)ar earthenware vessel (Shuōwén)

說文解字

《說文》：“，古陶器也。从豆，虍聲。”

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)