祇 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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qí, zhǐ

the spirit of the earth

Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 氏 represents the sound.

Components

礻 Meaning component

shì

show

礻 is a component form of 示.

氏 Sound component

shì, zhī

clan

Evolution

Bronze script

Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

qí

the spirit of the earth; (used for U+53EA 只) only, merely, but; earth-spirit; peace

zhǐ

variant of 只[zhǐ]

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
[k.d]e (dialect: k.d- > g.d- > g-, no palatalization)	gjie	qí	earth spirit

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5064th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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