niè​gēn

ill-fitting

niè tread Simplified

To walk  quietly  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
foot
SoundMeaning component
niè, zhé, shè whisper

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

gēn heel

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
foot
Sound component
gěn, gèn, hén blunt

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkɯːn

說文解字

《說文》:“跟,足踵也。从足,聲。,跟或从止。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

tread Traditional

To walk  quietly  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
foot
SoundMeaning component
whisper

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
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Zhengzhangneb

說文解字

蹈也。从足聶聲。

Sources

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