léi

clamour, noise

Depicts four mouths () making noise.

Components

Iconic component
kǒu, kou mouth
Iconic component
kǒu, kou mouth
Iconic component
kǒu, kou mouth
Iconic component
kǒu, kou mouth

Character Evolution

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

Component uses

Unknown (1)

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