吒
zhāzhà

shout

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

乇
乇 Sound component
tuō, zhé to depend on

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔr'aːɡs

說文解字

噴也。叱怒也。从口乇聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

咤 zhā, zhà see 叱咤[chì​zhà] Simplified

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

宅
宅 Sound component
zhái residence

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔr'aː
ʔr'aːɡs
Unicodedjà

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang