chǐ luxurious

Components

Meaning component
rén person
Sound component
duō much
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyheXt-l̥ajʔ extravagant

說文解字

《說文》:“侈,掩脅也。从人,多聲。一曰奢也。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

mí, méi rice gruel

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
rice
Sound component
má, ma hemp

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmjeC.m(r)ajrice gruel; destroy, crush
Zhengzhangmral
Unicodemyɛ

說文解字

糝也。从米麻聲。

Sources

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