chái

a company

Components

Meaning component
rén person

person

Sound component
even, uniform

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzrɛj[dz]ˤ<r>əjcategory, equals
Zhengzhangzriːl
Unicodejrhæi

說文解字

等輩也。从人齊聲。《春秋傳》曰:“吾儕小人。”

Sources

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

chái a company Simplified

Components

Meaning component
rén person

person

Sound component
even

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode