kuì

deaf

Components

Meaning component
ěr ear

ear

Sound component
guì expensive

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartngwɛjH[ŋ]ˤruj-sdeaf
Zhengzhangŋɡruːds

說文解字

聾也。从耳貴聲。

Sources

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

kuì deaf Simplified

Components

Meaning component
ěr ear

ear

Sound component
guì expensive

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode