拌嘴
bàn​zuǐ

bicker

拌 bàn mix

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 半 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

半
半 Sound component
bàn half

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰaːn
baːnʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

嘴 zuǐ mouth

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
觜
觜 SoundMeaning component
zuǐ, zī beak

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔseʔ
Unicodetziuɛ̌

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang