舔吮
tiǎn​shǔn

lick and suck

舔 tiǎn lick with tongue

Components

舌
舌 Meaning component
shé tongue

tongue

忝
忝 Sound component
tiǎn disgraced

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartthemXl̥ ˤ[i]mʔto lick, to lap [not in GSR]
Zhengzhangl̥ʰiːmʔ
Unicodetèm

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

吮 shǔn suck with mouth

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 允 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
允
允 Sound component
yǔn allow, permit

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangzlonʔ
ɦljunʔ
Unicodejhuǐn

說文解字

欶也。从口允聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)