叱咄
chì​duō

reprimand

叱 chì, huà, é scold

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 七 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
七
七 Sound component
qī seven
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 七 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangn̥ʰjid
Unicodechit

說文解字

《說文》：“叱，訶也。从口，七聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

咄 duō noise of rage

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
出
出 Sound component
chū go out

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttwot[t]ˤutscold
Zhengzhangʔl'oːd
ʔl'uːd
Unicodeduɑt
duət

說文解字

相謂也。从口出聲。

Sources

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