口齿生香
kǒu​chǐ​shēng​xiāng

eloquent writing

口 kǒu, kou mouth

Pictograph of a mouth.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (95 of 380 verified)

和可同知问加命听呢叫吗吧吃号响古若哪哈啊呼味叶吸呀含唐喝君嘴唯售哲喊啦召唱叹吹吓呈嘛吾吐咬鸣吨喷哀吞唤呵唇哦哩哼吻喘喂吟咽吵嗯啥唉咐喉吁辟吼嘱喃嚷喻咒哎吩啸嘲啡噢哑咳咖哨咨咕嘿嘻哇喀哗嗓哄哟呜叮弘喇嗅叭嚼咧咯哉嘶喧嗡噪吱哺啪嗽咋嘟叨啤嘎呕喔呐哮啼呻咚嘘嗜咙唾吭咦嗦噜唬呃叱叽唔喽咎噬哆嚎嗤嗨嘀喳咪侃咄啃咆唠噩呛吠嘈啄噗咏呱嗒咀嗔吆哝嚓哧喋噶唆哽啧吮叼哒嗖咔唧嗳呸嗟嚏噎呗唷喙啜呷啾囔嗷嗫嗬嚅咂喏噤嘤啵啻咛嗥噼咻唑咝啮喟啕嘭唏呓唰噫嘁咣喵啷嗑噙嗝啐辔嘹嗲哂呶噘噔咤嗵咿嗪咩啶呤唁喑啭哐嗄嘣吡咭嘧噱嘌呋卟嗍吒嗉呲呦嗌哔啖啁咴哞啉噌嘞唳喁哌唿呒嚯噻呖喱嘬哙唢哏喹吣哓吖呙吲哚嚆喈鳴唣唛噍唼哕唪哜哳茍啫噹啇咥唫啞呬唅啓喨嘮唚嗐喚喲喼嗊嘅嚨啴嘚囀噥囑噁呎啰唵嗩嘔嘖嘽嚀呫呪咊唝嘰噦審呑嗁囉嘸嘯𪠽噠咑唸吋吶呣咾噲噸嚄嗆嘜嘆嘩嗎嘍嚙唄噴冋呿嚥咼哱唎嗶噯轡𫫇問嚕囈嗚囌噓嚇嘢㕯

Iconic (42)

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Distinguishing (15)

者高台商周害否右吉尚咱舍兽咸獸

Sound (2 of 5 verified)

句扣勾叩釦

Unknown (1 of 2 verified)

呔壽

Simplified (1)

呙

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhuwXkʰˤ(r)oʔ mouth

說文解字

《說文》：“口，人所以言食也。象形。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

齿 chǐ teeth Simplified

Simplified form of 齒. Pictograph of a mouth full of teeth. The sound component 止 was added later.

Components

止
止 Sound component
zhǐ (foot), stop
𠚕
𠚕 IconicSimplified component
chǐ teeth

Depicts a mouth full of teeth.

Component uses

Meaning (3 of 12 verified)

龄龋龈啮龌龇龅龉龃龆龀𱌮

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

啮龊

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.139
Readings & variants
Unicode

生 shēng, sheng life

Pictograph of a sprout (屮) emerging from the ground (一).

Components

屮
屮 Iconic component
chè, cǎo sprout

Depicts a sprout growing.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 屮 than it was in ancient scripts.
一
一 Iconic component
yī one

Used here to depict the ground.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (7 of 11 verified)

性青星省胜姓牲甥笙旌眚

Meaning (4 of 5 verified)

靑甤甦產産

Deleted (1)

产

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsraengsreŋ (MC srj- > sr-; or *s.reŋ ?)bear, be born; live
sraengsreŋ fresh, raw
srjaengsreŋ (or *s.reŋ ?)bear, be born; live

說文解字

《說文》：“生，進也。象艸木生出土上。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.506漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

香 xiāng fragrant

Represents the sweet (甘) smell of fresh grain (禾).

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk
甘
甘 Meaning component
gān sweetness

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

馨馥

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxjangqʰaŋ fragrance

說文解字

《說文》：“香，芳也。从黍，从甘。《春秋傳》曰：‘黍稷馨香。’”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

齒 chǐ teeth Traditional

Pictograph of a mouth full of teeth. The sound component 止 was added later.

Components

止
止 Sound component
zhǐ (foot), stop
𠚕
𠚕 Iconic component
chǐ teeth

Depicts a mouth full of teeth.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (3 of 15 verified)

齡齮齧齣齦齲齜齵齟齶齱嚙齙齷齬

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

齪嚙

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyhiXt-[k]ʰə(ŋ)ʔ (or *t.ŋ̊əʔ)front teeth

說文解字

《說文》：“齒，口齗骨也。象口齒之形。止聲。，古文齒字。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.139
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)