頡
xiéXiéjié

fly upward

Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 吉 represents the sound.

Components

頁
頁 Meaning component
yè (head), page
吉
吉 Sound component
jí lucky

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

纈擷

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkriːd
ɡiːd
Unicodehet

說文解字

直項也。从頁吉聲。

Sources

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

颉 xié, jié, jiá fly upward Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 页 represents the meaning and 吉 represents the sound. Simplified form of 頡.

Components

页
页 Meaning component
yè page
吉
吉 Sound component
jí lucky

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

撷缬

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode