嘴笨 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

zuǐbèn

inarticulate

zuǐ mouth

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

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

zuǐ, zī beak

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ʔseʔ
Unicode	tziuɛ̌

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 本 represents the sound.

⺮ Meaning component

zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

本 Sound component

běn root

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	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	pɯːnʔ
	bɯːnʔ

《說文》：“笨，竹裏也。从竹，本聲。”