雅致
yǎ​zhì

elegant

雅 yǎ, yā, yá elegant

Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 牙 represents the sound.

Components

隹
隹 Meaning component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird
牙
牙 Sound component
yá tooth

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartngæXN-ɢˤraʔproper, refined
ngæX[N-ɢ]ˤraʔkind of musical instrument
Zhengzhangŋraːʔ
Unicodengǎ

說文解字

楚烏也。一名鸒，一名卑居。秦謂之雅。从隹牙聲。

Sources

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Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

致 zhì send, deliver

Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 至 represents the sound.

Components

至
至 Sound component
zhì reach
攵
攵 Meaning component
pū tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

緻

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttrijHt<r>i[t]-s (cause to arrive): transmit

說文解字

《說文》：“致，送詣也。从夂，从至。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)