shí

roost

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdjɯ
Unicodezhiə

說文解字

雞棲垣爲塒。从土時聲。

Sources

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

shí roost Simplified

Components

Meaning component
earth

earth

Sound component
shí time

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode