die

Original meaning: drown

original form of

Components

dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad

death

méi, mò not have

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmɯːd

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

歿 die Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmwotmˤut to dive, drown, die

說文解字

《說文》:“歾,終也。从歺,勿聲。,歾或从。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica