qiě
moreover
Originally a pictograph of a sacrificial altar. The current meaning "moreover" is a phonetic loan.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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。” |
Sources
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