侄
zhí

nephew

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Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 至 represents the sound. Simplified form of 姪.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

至
至 Sound component
zhì reach

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdiɡ
tjiɡ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica