噩耗
è​hào

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噩 è bad

A jade statue 王 with four holes made in it 口

Components

王
王 Meaning component
wáng king
口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

鱷

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangŋaːɡ

Sources

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

耗 hào consume

Phonosemantic compound. 耒 represents the meaning and 毛 represents the sound.

Components

耒
耒 Meaning component
lěi handle of plow
毛
毛 Sound component
máo, mao hair

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhanghmaːws
Unicodexɑ̀u

Sources

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