嗳腐吞酸
ǎi​fǔ​tūn​suān

acid regurgitation

嗳 āi, ǎi, ài interjection Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 爱 represents the sound. Simplified form of 噯.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
爱
爱 Sound component
ài love

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腐 fǔ, fu rotten, decay

Phonosemantic compound. 府 represents the sound and 肉 represents the meaning.

Components

府
府 Sound component
fǔ government
肉
肉 Meaning component
ròu meat

meat

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbjuX[b](r)oʔ rotten

說文解字

《說文》：“腐，爛也。从肉，府聲。”

Sources

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

吞 tūn swallow

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
天
天 Sound component
tiān, tian sky

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 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-Sagartthenl̥ ˤən(surname)
thonl̥ ˤənto swallow
Zhengzhangqʰl'iːn
qʰl'ɯːn
Unicodetən

說文解字

咽也。从口天聲。

Sources

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Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

酸 suān sour, tart

Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 夋 represents the sound.

Components

酉
酉 Meaning component
yǒu wine
夋
夋 Sound component
qūn to dawdle

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartswan[s]ˤor sour

說文解字

《說文》：“酸，酢也。从酉，夋聲。關東謂酢曰酸。，籀文酸从畯。”

Sources

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

噯 interjection Traditional

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
愛
愛 Sound component
ài love

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode