噱
juéxué

laugh heartily

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
豦
豦 Sound component
jù, qú a wild boar

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡaɡ

說文解字

大笑也。从口豦聲。

Sources

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