呕吐
ǒu​tù HSK7

vomit

呕 ǒu, ōu, òu vomit Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 区 represents the sound. Simplified form of 嘔.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
区
区 Sound component
qū area

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

吐 tǔ, tù vomit

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
土
土 Sound component
tǔ earth

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartthuXtʰˤaʔeject from mouth, spit
thuHtʰˤaʔ-svomit
Zhengzhangl̥ʰaːʔ
l̥ʰaːs
Unicodetǒ

說文解字

寫也。从口土聲。

Sources

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

嘔 vomit Traditional

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
區
區 Sound component
qū area

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartʔuwXqˤ(r)oʔvomit
Zhengzhangqoː
qoːʔ
Unicodeqou
qǒu

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang