嘔
ǒu

vomit

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
區
區 Sound component
qū area

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartʔuwXqˤ(r)oʔvomit
Zhengzhangqoː
qoːʔ
Unicodeqou
qǒu

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

呕 ǒu, ōu, òu vomit Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 区 represents the sound. Simplified form of 嘔.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
区
区 Sound component
qū area

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode