讴
ōu

to sing

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

区
区 Sound component
qū area

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

謳 to sing Traditional

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

區
區 Sound component
qū area

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqoː
Unicodeqou

說文解字

齊歌也。从言區聲。

Sources

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