挤奶
jǐ​nǎi

milk

挤 jǐ crowd Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 齐 represents the sound. Simplified form of 擠.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

齐
齐 Sound component
qí even

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

奶 nǎi, nai milk

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 乃 represents the sound.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
乃
乃 SoundIconic component
nǎi then

Depicts a woman standing sideways with her breasts protruding.

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrneːlʔ

Sources

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

擠 jǐ crowd Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 齊 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

齊
齊 Sound component
qí even, uniform

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsliːl
ʔsliːls

說文解字

《說文》：“擠，排也。从手，齊聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)