duō HSK7

tremble

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
Sound component
duō much

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyhæX[t-l̥ ]Ajʔlarge
tsyheX[t-l̥ ]ajʔlarge
Zhengzhangʔl'aːlʔ
ʔl'aːls
ʔr'aːls
hr'aːl
l̥ʰjaːlʔ
l̥ʰjalʔ
l̥ʰjɯs

說文解字

張口也。从口多聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica