Character Contained In References Comments
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Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
口
Mandarin
she2, gua1
English
Definitions
tongue; KangXi radical 135; clapper of bell
Etymology
Notes
Pictograph: forked tongue protruding from the mouth 口 (later version has two forks); second pronunciation comes from another ancient form (now identical) with 氏 above and 口 below: hold in the mouth; basis; only the second sense serves as a phonetic