喦
nièyánjí

talkative

Pictograph of three mouths (口) linked together.

Components

品
品 Iconic component
pǐn product

Depicts three mouths.

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Indicates the mouths being linked together. Not related to 山 (mountain).


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (2)

Simplified (1)

說文解字

《說文》:“喦,多言也。从品相連。《春秋傳》曰:‘次於喦北。’讀與聶同。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica