窒
zhì HSK7

stop up

Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 至 represents the sound.

Components

穴
穴 Meaning component
xué, jué cave
至
至 Sound component
zhì reach

Character Evolution

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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

膣

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttrit[t]ri[t]stop up (v.)
Zhengzhangtiːɡ
tiɡ

說文解字

塞也。从穴至聲。

Sources

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