chī
bamboo rod used for beatings
Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 台 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 笞
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to flog | ||
to whip with bamboo strips | ||
whipping with bamboo strips (as corporal punishment) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4583rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Unicode | U+7B1E |
Shuowen | “笞,擊也。从竹,台聲。” |
Sources
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