tí
cry
Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 虒 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 嗁
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to weep endlessly | ||
to cry | ||
between laughter and tears | ||
to cry | ||
plaintive cry |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*C.lˤe | dej | tí | cry; weep |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 0.9771% of movies
3186th most common character in movies
2913th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Unicode | U+55C1 |
Shuowen | “嗁，號也。” |
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