Read Edit View history 侄 zhí nephew Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 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 Early Warring States ~400 BC Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC Regular Modern ▼ More ▲ Less Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangdiɡtjiɡ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang Historical images Academia Sinica