edit character approved 咅 — "Changed etymology"
- Hint
- Depicts spit coming out of a mouth (口). → Originally the same character as 否. A distinguishing mark was added later to the character to differentiate it from 咅. The current meaning "to spit out" is a phonetic loan.
- Original meaning
- not
- Components
- + 丶 Distinguishing Mark used to differentiate 咅 from 否.
- + 否 SoundMeaning
- - ◎ Iconic
- - 口 Iconic
- Stroke fragments (simplified)
- →
- Component 1: 1-5 → 1
- Component 2: 6-8 → 2-8
- Sources
- + 李学勤《字源》p.448
Changed: hint, original meaning, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images
edit character approved 咅 — "verify"