啜泣
chuò​qì

sob

啜 chuò, chuài, zhuó sip

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

叕
叕 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
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

泣 qì cry

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 立 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

立
立 Sound component
lì stand
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhipk-r̥əp weep

說文解字

《說文》：“泣，無聲出涕曰泣。从水，立聲。”

Sources

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