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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern
open mouth
Changed fields: hint
Pictograph of a person with their open mouth facing backwards.
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | kɯds |
說文解字
《說文》：“，食气屰不得息曰。从反欠。●，古文。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)