逗嘴 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

dòuzuǐ

banter

dòu tease, stay

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 豆 represents the sound.

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

豆 Sound component

dòu bean

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		doːs
		dos
Unicode	dhòu

說文解字

《說文》：“逗，止也。从辵，豆聲。”

Sources

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