呵叱

呵 ā, hē scold

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
可
可 Sound component
kě able to

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxaqʰˤajscold
Zhengzhangqʰaːl
qʰaːls
Unicodexɑ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

叱 chì, huà, é scold

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 七 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
七
七 Sound component
qī seven
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 七 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangn̥ʰjid
Unicodechit

說文解字

《說文》：“叱，訶也。从口，七聲。”

Sources

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