吵醒 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

chǎoxǐng

wake up

chǎo argue

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

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

少 Sound component

shǎo, shao, shào few

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	sm̥ʰreːwʔ
	mewʔ

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。”