嗟
jiē

sigh

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
差
差 Sound component
chà, chā, chāi to differ

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsjætsAjsigh; alas!
Zhengzhangʔsljal
Unicodetzia

Sources

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