zhǐ

trifoliate orange

Components

Meaning component
tree

tree

Sound component
zhǐ, zhī only

Character Evolution

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 Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkljeʔ
kleʔ
Unicodegyɛ̌
jiɛ̌

說文解字

木。似橘。从木只聲。

Sources

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