hán

a sound

To hold  in the mouth  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
SoundMeaning component
hán contain, hold in mouth

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthomCə-m-kˤ[ə]mhold in the mouth
Zhengzhangqʰɯːm
ɡɯːms

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica