eat seeds

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

盍 sound component

  Sound component

  

what? why not?

Evolution

嗑 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
嗑 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

eat seeds; reproach; loquacious

 

to crack (seeds) between one's teeth

Most common words with 嗑
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to crack (seeds) between one's teeth

唠嗑

to gossip