dié

ant-hill

Components

Meaning component
earth

earth

Sound component
zhì reach

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdet[d]ˤi[t]anthill
Zhengzhangdiːɡ

說文解字

螘封也。《詩》曰:“鸛鳴于垤。”从土至聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica