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chǎo HSK3

argue

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 少 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
少
少 Sound component
shǎo, shao, shào few

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsm̥ʰreːwʔ
mewʔ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang