chí
pool
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 也 represents the sound.
Evolution

Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernHistorical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*Cə.lraj | drje | chí | pool (n.) |
Statistics
HSK level 5
Appears in 19.2696% of movies
1400th most common character in movies
1709th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 6 |
Unicode | U+6C60 |
Sources
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