áiāi HSK6

near

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

Sound component
yǐ, xián particle of completed action

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqlɯːʔ
qrɯː
qrɯːʔ

說文解字

擊背也。从手矣聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica