咬
yǎojiāo HSK5

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
交
交 Sound component
jiāo to cross, to mix

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkreːw
ŋɡreːwʔ
qreːw
Unicodegǎu

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang