zhái
residence
Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 乇 represents the sound.
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
zhái
residence, dwelling, home; grave; residence; (coll.) to stay in at home; to hang around at home
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