chuò

sip

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

Sound component
zhuó, yǐ, lì to connect, to join together

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyhwettʰottaste, eat, drink (v.)
Zhengzhangtods
djods
tod
tʰjod
djod
Unicodechiuɛt

說文解字

嘗也。从口叕聲。一曰喙也。

Sources

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