𠯑
guā

block the mouth

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Phonosemantic compound. represents the sound and represents the meaning.

Components

SoundRemnant component
jué arrow nock
Iconic component
kǒu, kou mouth

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkwat[k]ʷˤat (Shuōwén; no pre-Qín exx.)shut the mouth
Zhengzhangɡroːd

說文解字

《說文》:“,塞口也。从口,氒省聲。,古文从甘。”

Sources

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