懂中文 Dong Chinese

叱

chì

scold

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 匕 represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

口  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

匕 sound component

匕  Sound component

bǐ

  

spoon

Evolution

叱 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
叱 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

叱  

chì

scold, shout at, bawl out; to scold; shout at; to hoot at

Most common words with 叱
Freq.
Word
Meaning

叱

to scold

叱责

to upbraid

叱咤

to rebuke angrily

叱咤风云

all-powerful

叱喝

to shout at