呜咽
wū​yè HSK7

murmur

呜 wū sound of crying Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 乌 represents the sound. Simplified form of 嗚.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
乌
乌 Sound component
wū crow

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

咽 yàn, yè, yān throat

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 因 represents the sound. Simplified form of 嚥.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
因
因 Sound component
yīn cause

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartʔenʔˤi[n]gullet
ʔenHʔˤi[n]-sswallow (v.)
Zhengzhangqiːn
qiːns
qiːd
Unicodeqet

說文解字

嗌也。从口因聲。

Sources

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

嗚 wū sound of crying Traditional

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
烏
烏 Sound component
wū crow

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqaː
Unicodeqo

Sources

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