léi

clamour, noise

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approved by Peter Olson · Oct 9, 2021, 03:42 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Oct 9, 2021, 03:42 AM

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Depicts four mouths () making noise.

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Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》:“,眾口也。从四口。讀若戢,又讀若呶。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica