愧疚
kuì​jiù

guilty

愧 kuì ashamed

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 鬼 represents the sound. Simplified form of 媿.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

鬼
鬼 Sound component
guǐ ghost

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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-SagartkwijH[k]ruj-sashamed
Zhengzhangkruls
Unicodegyuì

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

疚 jiù chronic disease

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 久 represents the sound.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
久
久 Sound component
jiǔ long time (ago)

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷlɯs

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang