𧮫
jué

roof of the mouth

Depicts ridges at the roof of the mouth (口).

Components

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts ridges at the roof of the mouth.

口
口 Iconic component
kǒu, kou mouth

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

卻

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartgjak[ɡ]akinterior of the mouth (Shuōwén)

說文解字

《說文》：“，口上阿也。从口，上象其理。，或如此。臄，或从肉，从豦。”

Sources

Character origin
Wiktionary
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)