憋笑 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

biēxiào

stifle a laugh

biē to suppress inner feelings

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 敝 represents the sound.

心 Meaning component

xīn, xin heart

敝 Sound component

bì worn out

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

⺮ Unknown component

zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹. The original connection of this component to "laugh" is unclear.

夭 Sound component

yāo, wò, wāi die young

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sjewH	[s-l]aw-s	to laugh

《說文新附》：“此字本闕。臣鉉等案：孫愐《唐韻》引《說文》云‘喜也，从竹，从犬’，而不述其義。今俗皆从犬。又案：李陽冰刊定《說文》‘从竹，从夭’，義云‘竹得風其體夭屈如人之笑’。未知其審。”