Definitions

chī to whip with bamboo strips

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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