𢧤 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

zhì

big

Phonosemantic compound. 大 represents the meaning and 戜 represents the sound.

Components

大 Meaning component

dà, dài big

戜 Sound component

dié to scrape

Change in sound

𢧤 and 戜 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

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《說文》：“，大也。从大，聲。讀若《詩》：‘大猷’。”