jí​hǒu​hǒu

impatient

urgent

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
xīn, xin heart
人+又
人+又 Meaning component
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 人+又 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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

Simplified (2)

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkip[k](r)əp urgent

說文解字

《說文》:“,褊也。从心,及聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

hǒu roar

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

Sound component
kǒng hole, opening

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰloːʔ
qʰloːs
Unicodexòu
xǒu

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang