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approved by Peter Olson · Apr 24, 2021, 07:23 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Apr 24, 2021, 07:23 PM

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
果
果 Sound component
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰloːl
kʰloːls

說文解字

《說文》：“課，試也。从言，果聲。”

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)