说漏嘴 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

shuō speak Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 兑 represents the sound.

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

兑 Sound component

duì, ruì, duó exchange

Change in sound

说 and 兑 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
说 *l̥ot-s
兑 *lˤot-s

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

lòu leak

Originally written as 屚, which depicts rainwater (雨) leaking through a house roof (屋). The 氵 (water) component was added later to clarify the meaning.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

屚 Sound Iconic component

lòu to leak

Depicts rainwater (雨) leaking through a house roof (屋).

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	luwH	[Nə-r]ˤok-s	leak (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“漏，以銅受水刻節，晝夜百刻。从水，屚聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 李学勤《字源》p.1011, 1025許進雄《新編進階甲骨文字典: 甲骨文發現120周年紀念版》p.204
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

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

shuō speak Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 兌 represents the sound.

Components

言 Meaning component

yán speech

兌 Sound component

exchange

Change in sound

說 and 兌 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
說 *l̥ot-s
兌 *lˤot-s

Character Evolution

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說文解字

《說文》：“說，說釋也。从言、兌。一曰談說。”

Sources

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

说 shuō speak Simplified

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Historical Pronunciations

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漏 lòu leak

Components

Character Evolution

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說文解字

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嘴 zuǐ mouth

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說 shuō speak Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

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說文解字

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shuō speak Simplified

lòu leak

zuǐ mouth

shuō speak Traditional