啻

chì

Rank #4249

chì only (classical, usually follows negative or question words); (not) just

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 帝 represents the sound. Original meaning unclear.

Semantic: 口 Phonetic: 帝

Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze Mid Warring States (~300 BC)

Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Traditional Modern

Simplified Modern

Composed characters:

Component: 口

Component: 帝

口帝