叫醒 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

jiàoxǐng

awaken

jiào cry

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 丩 represents the sound.

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

丩 Sound component

jiū join

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Baxter-Sagart	kewH	kˤewk-s	shout

《說文》：“叫，嘑也。从口，丩聲。”

Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 星 represents the sound.

酉 Meaning component

yǒu wine

星 Sound component

xīng a star

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Baxter-Sagart	sengX	s-tsʰˤeŋʔ	wake up

《說文新附》：“醒，醉解也。从酉，星聲。”