喝叱 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

hē, he, hè drink

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

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

曷 Sound component

hé, è, hè why? what? where?

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《說文》：“喝，也。从口，曷聲。”

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 七 represents the sound.

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

七 Sound component

qī seven

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 七 than it was in ancient scripts.

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		n̥ʰjid
Unicode	chit

《說文》：“叱，訶也。从口，七聲。”