咪嘴
mī​zuǐ

lip-sync

咪 mī, miē, mǎi sound of cat

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
米
米 Sound component
mǐ rice

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

嘴 zuǐ mouth

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
觜
觜 SoundMeaning component
zuǐ, zī beak

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔseʔ
Unicodetziuɛ̌

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang