Phonosemantic compound. 戈 represents the meaning and 䖒 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "military troops outside the main group". The meaning later shifted to "sport" and "play".
Components
Traditional (戲)
䖒 Phonetic component
xī earthenware with the
earthenware with the shape of a bean
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Historical Evolution
戏
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
戏
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
戏
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
戏
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
戏
Bronze
Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
戏
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
戏
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
戏
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
戏
Regular
Modern
Chinese
戏 / 戲 [xì]
trick; drama; play; show; CL:齣|出[chū],場|场[chǎng],臺|台[tái]
Japanese
pleasantry; joke; tomfoolery
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (113)
游戏 [yóuxì] #578
game
戏剧 [xìjù] #4,213
drama
演戏 [yǎnxì] #4,276
to put on a play
把戏 [bǎxì] #4,783
acrobatics
马戏团 [mǎxìtuán] #4,752
circus
没戏 [méixì] #6,535
(coll.) not a chance
拍戏 [pāixì] #18,603
to shoot a movie
戏剧性 [xìjùxìng] #8,138
dramatic
调戏 [tiáoxì] #13,253
to take liberties with a woman
游戏机 [yóuxìjī] #10,386
video game
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JAPANESE WORDS (6)
KOREAN WORDS (4)