敬悉
jìng​xī

respectfully informed

敬 jìng respect

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

Components

茍
茍 SoundMeaning component
jì, jí to be circumspect
攵
攵 Meaning component
pū tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 5 verified)

警擎儆檠驚

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkjaengHkreŋ(ʔ)-s respectful

說文解字

《說文》：“敬，肅也。从攴、茍。”

Sources

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

悉 xī thorough and detailed

Alludes to knowing (心) the distinctions (釆) between things thoroughly.

Components

釆
釆 Meaning component
biàn, biǎn distinguish
心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

蟋窸

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsit[s]i[t] completely

說文解字

《說文》：“悉，詳盡也。从心，从釆。，古文悉。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫李学勤《字源》p.68
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)