qiě
moreover
Originally a pictograph of a sacrificial altar. The current meaning "moreover" is a phonetic loan.
Evolution
![且 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC) 且 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E4%B8%94_0.png)
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)![且 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC) 且 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E4%B8%94_3.png)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)![且 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD) 且 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E4%B8%94_16.png)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)![且 Clerical script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD) 且 Clerical script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E4%B8%94_20.png)
Clerical script
Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
qiě
moreover, also (post-subject); about to, will soon (pre-verb); and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...)
Component uses
Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)
Iconic component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*tsa | tsjo | jū | [final particle] |
*[tsʰ]Aʔ | tshjaeX | qiě | moreover |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 87.5060% of movies
304th most common character in movies
296th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 5 |
Unicode | U+4E14 |
Shuowen | “且,薦也。从几,足有二橫,一其下地也。” |
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