悉
xī HSK5

thorough and detailed

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Alludes to knowing (心) the distinctions (釆) between things thoroughly.

Components

釆
釆 Meaning component
心
心 Meaning component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsit[s]i[t] completely

說文解字

《說文》：“悉，詳盡也。从心，从釆。，古文悉。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫李学勤《字源》p.68
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)