呷
xiāgā

suck

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
甲
甲 Sound component
jiǎ, jia 1st heavenly stem, fingernail

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰraːb

說文解字

吸呷也。从口甲聲。

Sources

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