唁
yàn

express condolence

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
言
言 Sound component
yán speech

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangŋrans

說文解字

弔生也。从口言聲。《詩》曰：“歸唁衞侯。”

Sources

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