Components

Meaning component
earth

earth

Sound component
qǐ, qì beg

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangŋrɯd
ŋɯd

說文解字

牆高也。《詩》曰:“崇墉𡉛𡉛。”从土乞聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica