祁
qíQí

pray

Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 阝 represents the sound.

Components

礻
礻 Meaning component
shì show

礻 is a component form of 示.

阝
阝 Sound component
fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartgij[ɡ]rij(place name)
gij[ɡ]rə[j]great, numerous
Zhengzhangɡril
kljilʔ
Unicodeghyi

說文解字

太原縣。从邑示聲。

Sources

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