哈啾
hā​jiū

achoo

哈 hā sound of laughter

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
合
合 Sound component
hé to join

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangŋɡuːb

Sources

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

啾 jiū wailing of child

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
秋
秋 Sound component
qiū autumn

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsɯw
Unicodetziou

說文解字

小兒聲也。从口秋聲。

Sources

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