呻吟 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

shēnyín

moan

shēn groan

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

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

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

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	syin	l̥ i[n]	chant, drone
Zhengzhang		hlin
Unicode	shin

說文解字

吟也。从口申聲。

Sources

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

yín sing

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

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

今 Sound component

jīn now

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ngim	m-qʰ(r)[ə]m	chant, intone
Zhengzhang		ŋɡrɯm
		ŋɡrɯms
Unicode	ngyim

說文解字

呻也。从口今聲。

Sources

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