咀 - Dong Chinese dictionary

This information for this character has not been manually reviewed and may not be accurate.

jǔ

suck

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

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu

mouth

且 Sound component

qiě

moreover

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

jǔ

suck; chew, masticate; to chew; to masticate

Most common words with 咀

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	咀嚼	to chew
	咀	to chew
	含英咀华	to savor fine writing (idiom)
	石咀山	Shijushan or Shizuishan (place name)
	石咀山市	variant of Shizuishan 石嘴山市[Shízuǐshānshì], prefecture level city in Ningxia on the border with Inner Mongolia