urgently

Originally a pictograph of a person with lines at the top and bottom, depicting the original meaning "extremity". Later the (mouth) and (hand) components were added to depict shouting in an urgent situation, such as being chased.

Components
◎ iconic component

  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Used to represent the meaning "extremity". Depicts a person with lines at the top and bottom.

口 iconic component

  Iconic component

kǒu

  

mouth

又 iconic component

  Iconic component

yòu

  

(hand), again

Evolution

亟 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
亟 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
亟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
亟 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
亟 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

urgently, immediately, extremely; urgent

 

repeatedly; frequently

Most common words with 亟
Freq.
Word
Meaning

亟待

to need urgently

亟需

urgent need

repeatedly

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*k(r)ək

kik

urgently

*kʰ(r)ək-s

khiH

often


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3619th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+4E9F

Shuowen

“亟,敏疾也。从人,从口,从又,从二。二,天地也。”


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