哆
duō HSK7

tremble

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
多
多 Sound component
duō much

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyhæX[t-l̥ ]Ajʔlarge
tsyheX[t-l̥ ]ajʔlarge
Zhengzhangʔl'aːlʔ
ʔl'aːls
ʔr'aːls
hr'aːl
l̥ʰjaːlʔ
l̥ʰjalʔ
l̥ʰjɯs

說文解字

張口也。从口多聲。

Sources

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