hā​la

kill

sound of laughter

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
Sound component
to join

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangŋɡuːb

Sources

Character origin
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Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

horn

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
Sound component
lá, là cut, slash

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode