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approved by Peter Olson · Oct 19, 2021, 03:17 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Oct 19, 2021, 03:17 PM

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Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 卯 represents the sound.

Components

耳
耳 Meaning component
卯
卯 Sound component

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlew[r]ˤiw rely on

說文解字

《說文》：“聊，耳鳴也。从耳，卯聲。”

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)