Chinese Character Wiki
齒

chǐ

teeth

Pictograph of a mouth full of teeth. The sound component 止 was added later.

Components
止 sound component

止  Sound component

zhǐ

  

(foot), stop

𠚕 iconic component

𠚕  Iconic component

chǐ

  

teeth

Depicts a mouth full of teeth.

Evolution

齒 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
齒 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
齒 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
齒 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
齒 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

齿 (齒) 

chǐ

teeth; gears, cogs; age; KangXi radical 211; tooth; CL:顆|颗[kē]

Most common words with 齒
Freq.
Word
Meaning

牙齿

tooth

齿

tooth

齿轮

(machine) gear

锯齿

sawtooth

咬牙切齿

fuming with rage between gritted teeth

Component uses

Meaning component in 14 characters (2 verified)

齣 齡 齲 齦 齷 齜 齙 齬 齟 齶 齧 齮 齱 齵

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

嚙 齪

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*t-[k]ʰə(ŋ)ʔ (or *t.ŋ̊əʔ)

tsyhiX

chǐ

front teeth


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 14.4962% of movies

1666th most common character in movies

1773rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Simplified

齿

Unicode

U+9F52

Shuowen

“齒，口齗骨也。象口齒之形。止聲。，古文齒字。”


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