弛
chí HSK7

loosen

Phonosemantic compound. 弓 represents the meaning and 也 represents the sound.

Components

弓
弓 Meaning component
gōng bow
也
也 Sound component
yě also

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsyeXl̥ ajʔslacken (a bow)
Zhengzhanghljalʔ

說文解字

弓解也。从弓从也。

Sources

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