讥
jī HSK7

ridicule

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 几 represents the sound. Simplified form of 譏.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

几
几 Sound component
jǐ, jī small table

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

譏 jī ridicule Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 幾 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
幾
幾 Sound component
jǐ how much

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkɯl
Unicodegiəi

說文解字

誹也。从言幾聲。

Sources

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