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咻咻
xiū​xiū

wheezing/puffing

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

咻 xiū, xǔ, xiāo shout

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
休
休 Sound component
xiū rest

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰu
qʰoʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
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