懂中文 Dong Chinese

题

tí

topic

Original meaning: 

forehead

Simplified form of 題. Phonosemantic compound. 页 represents the meaning and 是 represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "forehead". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components
页 meaning component

页  Meaning component

yè, xié

  

page

Depicts a head.

是 sound component

是  Sound component

shì

  

is

Evolution

题 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
题 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
题 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

题 (題) 

tí

forehead; title, headline; theme; topic; problem for discussion; exam question; subject; to inscribe; to mention; CL:個|个[gè],道[dào]

题 (題) 

Tí

surname Ti

Most common words with 题
Freq.
Word
Meaning

问题

question

主题

theme

题

topic

话题

topic

难题

difficult problem