喘嘘嘘

喘 chuǎn pant

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
耑
耑 Sound component
duān, zhuān tip, start, extremity

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyhwenX[tʰ]orʔto pant
Zhengzhangtʰjonʔ
Unicodechiuɛ̌n

說文解字

疾息也。从口耑聲。

Sources

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

嘘 xū exhale Simplified

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

虚
虚 Sound component
xū void, false

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

噓 xū exhale Traditional

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

虛
虛 Sound component
xū void, false

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰa
qʰas
Unicodexiu
xiù

說文解字

吹也。从口虛聲。

Sources

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