shè

to suck

Components

Sound component
agree
Meaning component
qiàn, qian yawn, deficient

breathe

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxipqʰ(r)[ə]pcontract (v.)
Zhengzhangqʰjob
qʰrub

說文解字

縮鼻也。从欠翕聲。丹陽有歙縣。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica