吹
chuī HSK2

blow

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approved by Peter Olson · Sep 27, 2021, 01:42 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Sep 27, 2021, 01:42 AM

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Depicts blowing out air (欠) with the mouth (口).

Components

口
口 Meaning component
欠
欠 Meaning component

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyhwetʰo[r] blow (v.)
tsyhweHtʰo[r]-s musical concert

說文解字

《說文》：“吹，噓也。从口，从欠。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)