炙
zhì

roast

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 月 represents the sound.

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
月
月 Sound component
yuè, yue moon

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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyæHtAk-sroast, broil
tsyektAkroast, broil
Zhengzhangtjaːɡs
tjaːɡ
Unicodejiɛk

說文解字

炮肉也。从肉在火上。凡炙之屬皆从炙。

Sources

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