chēn​gòu

berate

chēn, tián be angry at

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
Sound component
zhēn real

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdiːn
tʰjin
Unicodechin

說文解字

盛气也。从口眞聲。《詩》曰:“振旅嗔嗔。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

gòu, hòu abuse Simplified

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
hòu queen, after

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

abuse Traditional

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
hòu queen, after

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkoːʔ
kʰoːs
qʰoːs

說文解字

謑詬,恥也。从言后聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica