齐
qíQí HSK3

even

Simplified form of 齊. Pictograph of three stalks of grain. Alludes to the even and uniform appearance of a grain field.

Component uses

Sound (3 of 13 verified)

济剂挤斋脐跻霁蛴侪齑荠鲚哜

Remnant (1)

斋

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

齊 qí even, uniform Traditional

Pictograph of three stalks of grain. Alludes to the even and uniform appearance of a grain field.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
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 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 (3 of 11 verified)

臍齋劑齌擠濟躋霽儕齎薺

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzej[dz]ˤəj uniform, equal
dzej[dz]ˤəj Qí (place name)

說文解字

《說文》：“齊，禾麥吐穗上平也。象形。”

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)