嗞啦
zī​lā

sizzle

嗞 zī to consult about

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsɯ

說文解字

嗟也。从口兹聲。

Sources

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

啦 la, lā final particle of assertion

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
拉
拉 Sound component
lā, la pull

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode