zhǐ

the spirit of the earth

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
礻 meaning component

  Meaning component

shì

  

show

is a component form of .

氏 sound component

  Sound component

shìzhī

  

clan

Evolution

祇 Bronze script Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Bronze script

Early Warring States (~400 BC)
祇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
祇 Clerical script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

the spirit of the earth; (used for U+53EA ) only, merely, but; earth-spirit; peace

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zhǐ

variant of [zhǐ]

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k.d]e (dialect: *k.d- > *g.d- > *g-, no palatalization)

gjie

earth spirit


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5064th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+7947

Shuowen

“祇,地祇,提出萬物者也。从示,氏聲。”


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