敕
chì

an imperial order or decree

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Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 束 represents the sound.

Components

束
束 Sound component
攵
攵 Meaning component

攵 is a component form of 攴.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangtʰɯɡ
Unicodetjiək

說文解字

《說文》：“敕，誡也。臿地曰敕。从攴，束聲。”

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)