蹊
qīxī

footpath

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 奚 represents the sound.

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
奚
奚 Sound component
xī where? what? how? why?

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthej[ɡ]ˤefoot-path
Zhengzhangɡeː
Unicodehei

Sources

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