Dong Chinese dictionary

jī

ridicule

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 几 represents the sound. Simplified form of 譏.

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán

speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

几 Sound component

jī, jǐ

small table

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

jī

ridicule, jeer, mock; inspect; to ridicule

Most common words with 讥

Sources