huī

tease

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

is a component form of .

Sound component
huī ashes

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

tease Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
yán speech
Sound component
huī ashes

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkm̥ʰlɯː
Unicodekuə̀i

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang