kuàiKuàiwèi

swallow

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

Sound component
huì, kuài to gather

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

swallow Traditional

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

Sound component
huì, kuài to gather

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhwæjHkʰr[o][p]-scomfortable (room)
Zhengzhangkʰroːbs

說文解字

咽也。从口會聲。讀若快。一曰嚵,噲也。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica