喦
nièyánjí

talkative

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Pictograph of three mouths (口) linked together.

Components

品
品 Iconic component
pǐn product

Depicts three mouths.

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Indicates the mouths being linked together. Not related to 山 (mountain).


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》：“喦，多言也。从品相連。《春秋傳》曰：‘次於喦北。’讀與聶同。”

Sources

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