唇彩 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

chúncǎi

lip gloss

chún lips

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 辰 represents the sound. Simplified form of 脣.

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

辰 Sound component

chén early morning

Regular Modern

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驚也。从口辰聲。

Phonosemantic compound. 彡 represents the meaning and 采 represents the sound.

采 Sound component

cǎi gather, pick

彡 Meaning component

shān, xiǎn hair

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tshojX	s.r̥ˤəʔ	colorful

《說文新附》：“彩，文章也。从彡，采聲。”