谒
yè

visit

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 曷 represents the sound. Simplified form of 謁.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

曷
曷 Sound component
hé, è, hè why? what? where?

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

蔼霭

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

謁 visit Traditional

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
曷
曷 Sound component
hé, è, hè why? what? where?

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

藹

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'jotqatgo to visit
Zhengzhangqad
Unicodeqiæt

說文解字

白也。从言曷聲。

Sources

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