Kǎi​chè

Caesar

kǎi victorious Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

SoundMeaning component
victorious music, happy
Sound component
jǐ, jī small table
Change in sound

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Character origin
李学勤《字源》p.430
Readings & variants
Unicode

chè penetrate Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
chì, fú walk

is a component form of .

SoundMeaning component
qiè, qiē cut

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

victorious Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

SoundMeaning component
victorious music, happy
Sound component
jǐ, jī small table
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhojXC.qʰˤəjʔ pleasant

Sources

Character origin
李学勤《字源》p.430
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

chè penetrate, thorough Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and 𢾿 represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
chì, fú walk
𢾿
𢾿 Sound component
chè, wén remove, take away
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 𢾿 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

Simplified (0 of 1 verified)

Remnant (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdrjetm-[tʰ]ret penetrate
drjetm-tʰret divide land acc. to a certain share system
trhjettʰret divide land acc. to a certain share system
trhjettʰret penetrate

說文解字

《說文》:“徹,通也。从彳,从攴,从育。,古文徹。”

Sources

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