guōkuǎi

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approved by Marcus Ngai · Jul 25, 2026, 03:39 AM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Jul 25, 2026, 03:39 AM

fixed stroke order

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Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
guǎ bone
Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkwaeXkʷˤrajʔ cut meat from the bone

說文解字

《說文》:“咼,口戾不正也。从口,咼聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica