excellent

Components

Meaning component
shì show

spirit

Sound component
wéi, huí tanned leather

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

excellent Traditional

Components

Meaning component
shì show

spirit

Sound component
(surround a city), tanned leather

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqral

Sources

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