dié

sound of a cat

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

Sound component
zhì reach

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanghriɡs
tiːɡ
diːɡ
tʰiɡ

說文解字

大笑也。从口至聲。《詩》曰:“咥其笑矣。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica