exhale

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

Sound component
void, false

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰa
qʰas
Unicodexiu
xiù

說文解字

吹也。从口虛聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

exhale Simplified

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

Sound component
void, false

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode