to whisper

Depicts whispering () into someone's ears ().

Components

Iconic component
kǒu, kou mouth
Iconic component
ěr ear

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 8 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsib
sʰib

說文解字

《說文》:“咠,聶語也。从口,从耳。”

Sources

Character origin
zi.tools
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica