止歇
zhǐ​xiē

stop

止 zhǐ (foot), stop

Original meaning: foot

Pictograph of a foot. The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "stop".

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 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 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

Iconic (18)

出之此正先步企武足辵賓韋癶𧾷犇歰歬𣥠

Sound (9 of 14 verified)

是之市齿址扯耻趾芷祉齒旹昰疐

Meaning (4 of 7 verified)

走往歧歷歸㢟歨

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyiXtəʔ foot; stop

說文解字

《說文》：“止，下基也。象艸木出有址，故以止為足。”

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)

歇 xiē rest

Phonosemantic compound. 欠 represents the meaning and 曷 represents the sound.

Components

欠
欠 Meaning component
qiàn, qian yawn, deficient
曷
曷 Sound component
hé, è, hè why? what? where?

Character Evolution

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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

蠍

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxjotqʰatcease, rest (v.)
Zhengzhangqʰad
Unicodexiæt

說文解字

息也。一曰气越泄。从欠曷聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)