Dong Chinese dictionary

qí

man of sixty

Phonosemantic compound. 老 represents the meaning and 旨 represents the sound.

Components

老 Meaning component

lǎo

old

旨 Sound component

zhǐ

purpose

耆 and 旨 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.耆 /*[g]rij/
旨 /*kijʔ/

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

qí

man of sixty; aged, old; man of sixty or seventy

Most common words with 耆

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	耆	man of sixty or seventy
	焉耆	Yanqi county in Xinjiang
	焉耆县	Yenji Xuyzu aptonom nahiyisi or Yanqi Hui autonomous county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[BāyīnguōléngMěnggǔZìzhìzhōu], Xinjiang
	焉耆回族自治县	Yanqi Hui Autonomous County in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[BāyīnguōléngMěnggǔZìzhìzhōu], Xinjiang

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (0 verified)

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