唸
niàn HSK3

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
念
念 Sound component
niàn think of, ready

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtɯːms
tɯːns

說文解字

《說文》：“唸也。从口，念聲。《詩》曰：‘民之方唸。’”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)