忽哨
hū​shào

whistle

忽 hū suddenly

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 勿 represents the sound.

Components

勿
勿 Sound component
wù, mò must not
Change in sound
心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

惚唿锪

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

惚

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxwotm̥ˤut careless; confused

說文解字

《說文》：“忽，忘也。从心，勿聲。”

Sources

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

哨 shào whistle

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

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
肖
肖 Sound component
xiào look like

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsreːws
sʰews
sew

說文解字

不容也。从口肖聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)