咼
guōkuǎi

chat

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

Components

冎
冎 Sound component
guǎ bone
口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (3 of 7 verified)

過鍋禍窩蝸媧剮

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

渦

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkwaeXkʷˤrajʔ cut meat from the bone

說文解字

《說文》：“咼，口戾不正也。从口，咼聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

呙 guō, wāi, hé chat Simplified

Simplified form of 咼. Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 冎 represents the sound.

Components

冎
冎 SoundSimplified component
guǎ bone
口
口 MeaningSimplified component
kǒu, kou mouth

Component uses

Sound (2 of 9 verified)

祸窝锅蜗娲剐莴埚脶

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

涡

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode