叱吒

叱 chì, huà, é scold

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 七 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
七
七 Sound component
qī seven
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 七 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangn̥ʰjid
Unicodechit

說文解字

《說文》：“叱，訶也。从口，七聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

吒 zhā, zhà shout

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

乇
乇 Sound component
tuō, zhé to depend on

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔr'aːɡs

說文解字

噴也。叱怒也。从口乇聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)