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茍

jì, jí

to be circumspect

Pictograph of a Qiang person kneeling down in respect. The 口 (mouth) component was added later since Qiang people were seen as slaves by the Shang people in ancient China. Original form of 敬.

Components
羊 iconic,remnant component

羊  Iconic Remnant component

yáng

  

sheep

Depicts an ornament resembling sheep horns. Alludes to the Qiang people's shepherd lifestyle.

卩 iconic component

卩  Iconic component

jié

  

person kneeling

Depicts a kneeling person.

口 meaning component

口  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

Evolution

茍 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
茍 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
茍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

茍  

jì

to be circumspect, cautious in one's behaviour (distinguish DKW 30790 gou3)

茍  

jí

urgent

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

敬

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

敬

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

8534th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+830D

Shuowen

“茍，自急敕也。从羊省，从包省，从口，口猶慎言也。从羊，羊與善美同意。，古文，羊不省。”


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