欠
qiàn HSK5

yawn, deficient

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approved by Peter Olson · Oct 12, 2020, 07:19 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Oct 12, 2020, 07:19 AM

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Pictograph of a person (人) opening their mouth (口) to yawn.

Components

口
口 Iconic component

Depicts an open mouth.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 口 than it was in ancient scripts.
人
人 Iconic component

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhjomH[k]ʰ(r)om-s yawn

說文解字

《說文》：“欠，張口气悟也。象气从人上出之形。”

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)