訝
yà

express surprise

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Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 牙 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
牙
牙 Sound component
yá tooth

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangŋraːs
Unicodengà

說文解字

《說文》：“訝，相迎也。从言，牙聲。《周禮》曰：‘諸侯有卿訝發。’訝，或从辵。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)