chī​chuí

flog

chī bamboo rod used for beatings

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of .

Sound component
tái platform

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangl̥ʰɯ
Unicodedjhiɛ

說文解字

擊也。从竹台聲。

Sources

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

chuí variant of 棰[chuí]

Components

Meaning component
tree

wood

Sound component
chuí droop

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica