xiū​qì

repair

xiū decorate, embellish, repair

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
yōu distant
Meaning component
shān, xiǎn hair

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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsjuws-liw adorn

說文解字

飾也。从彡攸聲。

Sources

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

thatch

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

Sound component
to whisper

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsib
sʰib
zib

說文解字

茨也。从艸咠聲。

Sources

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