chī

silly

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
sick
Sound component
doubt

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangŋ̊ʰl'ɯ
Unicodetjiə

說文解字

《說文》:“癡,不慧也。从疒,疑聲。”

Sources

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