邸
dǐ

official residence

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 氐 represents the sound.

Components

阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

氐
氐 Sound component
dī, dǐ, zhī bottom

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtiːlʔ

說文解字

屬國舍。从邑氐聲。

Sources

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