Chinese Character Wiki

弛

chí

loosen

Phonosemantic compound. 弓 represents the meaning and 也 represents the sound.

Components
弓 meaning component

弓  Meaning component

gōng

  

bow

也 sound component

也  Sound component

yě

  

also

Evolution

弛 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
弛 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
弛 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
弛 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

弛  

chí

loosen, relax, unstring a bow; to unstring a bow; to slacken; to relax; to loosen

Most common words with 弛
Freq.
Word
Meaning

松弛

to relax

弛

to slacken

张弛

tension and relaxation

弛缓

to relax

废弛

to neglect

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*l̥ajʔ

syeX

chí

slacken (a bow)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3358th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+5F1B

Shuowen

“弛，弓解也。从弓，从也。”


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