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且

qiě

moreover

Original meaning: 

sacrificial altar for food

Originally a pictograph of a sacrificial altar for food, now written as 俎. Early on, it was borrowed for the meaning of "ancestor", now written as 祖. The current meaning "moreover" is a phonetic loan.

Evolution

且 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
且 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
且 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
且 Clerical script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Clerical script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
且 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

且  

qiě

moreover, also (post-subject); about to, will soon (pre-verb); and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...)

Most common words with 且
Freq.
Word
Meaning

而且

moreover

并且

and

且

and

况且

moreover

暂且

for now

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

舋

Sound component in 26 characters (9 verified)

組 组 查 助 姐 阻 租 粗 柤 祖 沮 詛 诅 咀 狙 疽 蛆 趄 齟 龃 雎 苴 徂 殂 驵 虘

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

俎

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tsa

tsjo

jū

[final particle]

*[tsʰ]Aʔ

tshjaeX

qiě

moreover


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 87.5060% of movies

304th most common character in movies

296th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+4E14

Shuowen

“且，薦也。从几，足有二橫，一其下地也。”


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