嗟 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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jiē

sigh

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

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu

mouth

差 Sound component

chà, chā, chāi

to differ

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

jiē

sigh, alas; sigh; also pr. [juē]

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*tsAj	tsjae	jiē	sigh; alas!

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3875th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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