zhì HSK7

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Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
grain stalk
Sound component
shī lose

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangl'iɡ
Unicodedjhit

說文解字

積也。从禾失聲。《詩》曰:“䆅之秩秩。”

Sources

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