奢侈
shē​chǐ HSK7

extravagant

奢 shē extravagant

Phonosemantic compound. 大 represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound.

Components

大
大 Meaning component
dà, dài big
者
者 Sound component
zhě one who...

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsyæs.tʰAextravagant
Zhengzhanghljaː
Unicodeshia

說文解字

張也。从大者聲。凡奢之屬皆从奢。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

侈 chǐ luxurious

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person
多
多 Sound component
duō much
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyheXt-l̥ajʔ extravagant

說文解字

《說文》：“侈，掩脅也。从人，多聲。一曰奢也。”

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)