dān​jié

exhaust

dān utmost Simplified

Components

Meaning component
dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad

death

Sound component
dān single

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

jié put forth great effort

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
stand
Sound component
hé, è, hè why? what? where?

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartgjetN-[k](r)atexhaust (v.); dry up
Zhengzhangɡrad
ɡad
Unicodeghyɛt

說文解字

負舉也。从立曷聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

utmost Traditional

Components

Meaning component
dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad

death

Sound component
dān single

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtaːn

說文解字

殛盡也。从歺單聲。

Sources

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