歪嘴 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

wāizuǐ

crooked mouth

wāi slant

Not 不 straight 正

Components

不 Meaning component

bù, bu no

正 Meaning component

zhèng, zheng, zhēng correct

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	qʰʷraːl

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

zuǐ mouth

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

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

觜 Sound Meaning component

zuǐ, zī beak

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ʔseʔ
Unicode	tziuɛ̌

Sources

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