Dong Chinese dictionary

zhé

wise

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 折 represents the sound.

Components

折 Sound component

zhé, shé, zhē

break off

口 Meaning component

kǒu

mouth

Evolution

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

zhé

wise, sagacious; wise man, sage; wise; a sage

zhé

(used in given names); variant of 哲[zhé]

Most common words with 哲

Sources