怡
yí HSK7

harmony

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 台 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

台
台 Sound component
tái platform

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyiləcheerful
Zhengzhanglɯ
Unicodeiə

說文解字

和也。从心台聲。

Sources

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