危急
wēi​jí HSK7

critical

危 wēi dangerous

Phonosemantic compound. 卩 represents the meaning and 厃 represents the sound.

Components

厃
厃 SoundIconic component
zhān, wěi high and dangerous, look upward

Depicts a person (人) standing precariously on the edge of a cliff (厂).

卩
卩 Meaning component
jié person kneeling

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 4 verified)

跪诡桅詭

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

脆臲

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngjwe[ŋ](r)[o]j in danger

說文解字

《說文》：“危，在高而懼也。从厃，自卪止之。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

急 jí urgent

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 及 represents the sound.

Components

心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart
人+又
人+又 Meaning component
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 人+又 than it was in ancient scripts.

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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Simplified (2)

隐稳

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

喼

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkip[k](r)əp urgent

說文解字

《說文》：“，褊也。从心，及聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)