high

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
山 meaning component

  Meaning component

shān

  

mountain

支 sound component

  Sound component

zhī

  

support, hold up

Evolution

岐 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

high; majestic; fork in road; variant of [qí]

 

surname Qi; also used in place names

Most common words with 岐
Freq.
Word
Meaning

surname Qi

王岐山

Wang Qishan (1948-), PRC politician

岐山

Qishan County in Baoji 寶雞|宝鸡[Bǎo​jī], Shaanxi

岐山县

Qishan County in Baoji 寶雞|宝鸡[Bǎo​jī], Shaanxi

岐阜县

Gifu prefecture, Japan