哪吒
Né​zhā

Nezha

哪 nǎ, na which? where? how?

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
那
那 Sound component
nà that

Sources

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

吒 zhā, zhà shout

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

乇
乇 Sound component
tuō, zhé to depend on

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔr'aːɡs

說文解字

噴也。叱怒也。从口乇聲。

Sources

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