偕
xiéjiē

together

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 皆 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

皆
皆 Sound component
jiē all

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 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-Sagartkɛjkˤrijtogether
Zhengzhangkriːl

說文解字

彊也。从人皆聲。《詩》曰:“偕偕士子。”一曰俱也。

Sources

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