咄咄
duō​duō

tut-tut

咄 duō noise of rage

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
出
出 Sound component
chū go out

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttwot[t]ˤutscold
Zhengzhangʔl'oːd
ʔl'uːd
Unicodeduɑt
duət

說文解字

相謂也。从口出聲。

Sources

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