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duōsuo HSK7

tremble

duō tremble

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

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

多 Sound component

duō much

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsyhæX	[t-l̥ ]Ajʔ	large
	tsyheX	[t-l̥ ]ajʔ	large
Zhengzhang		ʔl'aːlʔ
		ʔl'aːls
		ʔr'aːls
		hr'aːl
		l̥ʰjaːlʔ
		l̥ʰjalʔ
		l̥ʰjɯs

說文解字

張口也。从口多聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

suo suck

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

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

索 Sound component

suǒ, suo large rope

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode