喘吁吁 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

chuǎnxūxū

panting

chuǎn pant

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

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

耑 Sound component

duān, zhuān tip, start, extremity

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsyhwenX	[tʰ]orʔ	to pant
Zhengzhang		tʰjonʔ
Unicode	chiuɛ̌n

說文解字

疾息也。从口耑聲。

Sources

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

xū, yù interjection 'Alas!'

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 于 represents the sound. Simplified form of 籲.

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

于 Sound component

yú at

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC

Seal form — Seal Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	xju	qʷʰ(r)a	pained
Zhengzhang		qʰʷa
		ɢʷas
Unicode	xio

說文解字

驚也。从口于聲。

Sources

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