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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD Regular Modern
mouth
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Pictograph of a person (人) with their mouth open. The meaning later shifted to "yawn" and "deficient".
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | khjomH | [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)