吗喽
ma​lou

monkey

吗 ma, má final interrogative particle Simplified

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
马
马 Sound component
mǎ horse

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

喽 lou used in onomatopoetic expressions Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 娄 represents the sound. Simplified form of 嘍.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
娄
娄 Sound component
lóu, lǚ, lǘ surname

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

嗎 ma, má final interrogative particle Traditional

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
馬
馬 Sound component
mǎ horse

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

嘍 lou used in onomatopoetic expressions Traditional

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
婁
婁 Sound component
surname

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangroː
roːʔ

Sources

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