雉 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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zhì

pheasant

Components

矢 Sound component

shǐ

arrow

隹 Meaning component

zhuī

bird

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

zhì

pheasant; crenellated wall; ringed pheasant

Most common words with 雉

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	雉	ringed pheasant
	雉鸡	(bird species of China) common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*lr[i]jʔ	drijX	zhì	pheasant

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4559th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes	13
Unicode	U+96C9
Shuowen	“雉，有十四種：盧諸雉、喬雉、鳪雉、鷩雉、秩秩海雉、翟山雉、翰雉、卓雉，伊洛而南曰翬，江淮而南曰搖，南方曰，東方曰甾，北方曰稀，西方曰蹲。从隹，矢聲。，古文雉，从弟。”

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