Dong Chinese dictionary

tǔ, tù

vomit

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

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu

mouth

土 Sound component

tǔ

earth

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

tǔ

vomit, spew out, cough up; to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances)

tù

to vomit; to throw up

Most common words with 吐

Sources