嗁
tí

cry

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
虒
虒 Sound component
sī, xī, tí an amphibious beast resembling a tiger with one horn

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdejC.lˤe cry; weep

說文解字

《說文》：“嗁，號也。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)