finish

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
qǐ, qì beg

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

finish Traditional

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
qǐ, qì beg

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartxjɨjHqʰə[t]-sfinish; rest
Zhengzhangkɯd
Unicodekiət

說文解字

止也。从言气聲。

Sources

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