呱呱叫 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

guāguājiào

excellent

gū, guā, guǎ wail

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

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

瓜 Sound component

guā melon

Regular Modern

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ku	kʷˤa	wail
Zhengzhang		kʷaː

小兒嗁聲。从口瓜聲。《詩》曰：“后稷呱矣。”

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

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

丩 Sound component

jiū join

Regular Modern

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Baxter-Sagart	kewH	kˤewk-s	shout

《說文》：“叫，嘑也。从口，丩聲。”