Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 吉 represents the sound.
Components
頁 Meaning component
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夏 summer头 top (simp)寡 widowed履 footwear瀕 riverside (trad)煩 vexed (trad/jp)頃 100 Chinese acres (trad/jp)須 have to (trad/jp)頪 bright white頭 head (trad/jp)頻 repeatedly (trad/jp)碩 big (trad)頂 crest (trad/jp)項 item (trad/jp)順 obey (trad/jp)頌 extol (trad)頏 fly down or downward (trad)預 beforehand (trad/jp)頑 stubborn (trad/jp)頒 promulgate (trad/jp)
Historical Evolution
颉
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
颉
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
颉
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
颉
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
颉
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
颉
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
颉
Regular
Modern
Chinese
颉 / 頡 [Xié]
surname Xie
颉 / 頡 [jié]
to confiscate; legendary dog-like animal (old)
颉 / 頡 [xié]
(of a bird) to fly upwards; (of the neck) stiff
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CHINESE WORDS (1)