脅
xié

ribs

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 劦 represents the sound.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

劦
劦 Sound component
xié, liè cooperate, combined labor

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxjæpqʰ<r>epflank, side of the body
Zhengzhanghlams
hlab
Unicodexiæp

說文解字

兩𦜶也。从肉劦聲。

Sources

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

胁 xié ribs Simplified

Simplified form of 脅. Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 劦 represents the sound.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

力
力 Simplified component
lì, li power

Shorthand for the 劦 component in the traditional character 脅.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode