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guā

block the mouth

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

Components

氒
氒 SoundRemnant component
jué arrow nock
口
口 Iconic component
kǒu, kou mouth

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (7)

话活括刮話颳諙

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkwat[k]ʷˤat (Shuōwén; no pre-Qín exx.)shut the mouth
Zhengzhangɡroːd

說文解字

《說文》：“，塞口也。从口，氒省聲。，古文从甘。”

Sources

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