癡 — Edit Snapshot — Chinese Character Wiki

chī

silly

approved by 龍龖龘𪚥167 · Jul 17, 2026, 01:01 AM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Jul 18, 2026, 08:33 AM

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Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 疑 represents the sound.

Components

疒 Meaning component

疑 Sound component

Change in sound

癡 and 疑 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Regular Modern

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ŋ̊ʰl'ɯ
Unicode	tjiə

《說文》：“癡，不慧也。从疒，疑聲。”