zhuó

to peck

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

Sound component
chù a shackled pig

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttræwkmə-tˤ<r>okto peck
Zhengzhangrtoːɡ
toːɡ
Unicodeduk
djak

說文解字

鳥食也。从口豖聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica