聊
liáo HSK4

to chat

Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 卯 represents the sound.

Components

耳
耳 Meaning component
ěr ear
卯
卯 Sound component
mǎo 4th terrestrial branch

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlew[r]ˤiw rely on

說文解字

《說文》：“聊，耳鳴也。从耳，卯聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)