guó​jī

popliteus

guó, huò Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

muscle tissue

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

Components

Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

Sound component
jǐ, jī small table

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkijkrə[j]flesh
Zhengzhangkril
Unicodegyi

說文解字

肉也。从肉几聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

Traditional

Components

Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

flesh

Sound component
guó nation

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷrɯːɡ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang