zhì

to select

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand
Sound component
shì suitable, to fit

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdeɡ
Unicodedjhiɛk

說文解字

《說文》:“擿,搔也。从手,適聲。一曰投也。”

Sources

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