鬩
xì

feud

Components

鬥
鬥 Meaning component
fight

fight

兒
兒 Sound component
r, ér son

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxek[ŋ̊ ]ˤekwrangle
Zhengzhangɦŋeːɡ

說文解字

恆訟也。《詩》云:“兄弟鬩于牆。”从鬥从兒。兒,善訟者也。

Sources

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

阋 xì, hè feud Simplified

Components

门
门 Meaning component
mén, men door

fight

兒
兒 Sound component
r, ér son

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode