呻
shēn

groan

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
申
申 Sound component
shēn to extend

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsyinl̥ i[n]chant, drone
Zhengzhanghlin
Unicodeshin

說文解字

吟也。从口申聲。

Sources

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