jǔ
suck
Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 且 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 咀
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to chew | ||
to chew | ||
to savor fine writing (idiom) | ||
Shijushan or Shizuishan (place name) | ||
variant of Shizuishan 石嘴山市[Shízuǐshānshì], prefecture level city in Ningxia on the border with Inner Mongolia |
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