ái​kēi

rebuked

āi 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

to beat

Phonosemantic compound. represents the sound and represents the meaning.

Components

Sound component
subdue
Meaning component
dāo knife

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰɯːɡ

Sources

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