啻
chì

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Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 帝 represents the sound. Original meaning unclear.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
帝
帝 Sound component
dì supreme ruler

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 3 verified)

適膪敵

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanghljeɡs

說文解字

《說文》：“啻，語時，不啻也。从口，帝聲。一曰：啻，諟也。”

Sources

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