jì
fearful
Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 季 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 悸
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
palpitation | ||
to pound | ||
to have lingering fears | ||
to palpitate | ||
shaking in fear |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[g]ʷi[t]-s | gjwijH | jì | agitated |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3561st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Unicode | U+60B8 |
Shuowen | “悸，心動也。从心，季聲。” |
Sources
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