匙
shichí HSK7

spoon

Phonosemantic compound. 匕 represents the meaning and 是 represents the sound.

Components

是
是 Sound component
shì, shi is
匕
匕 Meaning component
bǐ, pìn spoon, (person)

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdje
Unicodezhiɛ

說文解字

《說文》:“匙,匕也。从匕,是聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica