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zī

beak

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Phonosemantic compound. 角 represents the meaning and 此 represents the sound.

Components

此 Sound component

Change in sound

觜 and 此 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

角 Meaning component

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsjweX	[ts]ojʔ	beak

《說文》：“觜，鴟舊頭上角觜也。一曰觜觿也。从角，此聲。”