舌
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舌 (Kangxi radical 135, 舌+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹十口 (HJR), four-corner 20604, composition ⿱千口(GJKV) or ⿱干口(HT))
Historical forms of the character 舌 | ||
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Shang | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Oracle bone script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Pictogram (象形) – a forked tongue emerging upwards from a mouth (口).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/m-l(j)a-t (“tongue”); compare Western Magar मेलेट (melet, “tongue”), Jingpho shinglet (“tongue”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2009). The reconstruction of a complex initial *m(ə)-l- in Old Chinese is based on evidence from the softened initial in Proto-Min as well as Proto-Hmong-Mien *mblet (“tongue”) (Schuessler, 2007; Baxter and Sagart, 2014).
Alternatively, Schuessler (2007), reconstructing the Old Chinese minimally as *m-lat, derives it from 舐 (OC *m-leʔ, “to lick”) + *-t (“nominal suffix for natural objects”), literally “licker”.
舌
Old Chinese | |
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咶 | *qʰroːds, *qʰroːds, *ɡroːd |
話 | *ɡroːds |
刮 | *kroːd |
鴰 | *kroːd, *koːd |
趏 | *kroːd, *kʰroːd |
舌 | *ɡroːd, *ɦbljed |
姡 | *ɡroːd, *ɡoːd |
頢 | *ɡroːd, *koːd |
括 | *koːd |
活 | *koːd, *ɡoːd |
适 | *koːd, *kʰoːd |
栝 | *koːd, *l̥ʰeːmʔ |
佸 | *koːd, *ɡoːd |
髺 | *koːd |
聒 | *koːd |
銛 | *koːd, *slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ |
葀 | *koːd |
懖 | *koːd |
筈 | *koːd, *kʰoːd |
萿 | *koːd |
蛞 | *kʰoːd |
闊 | *kʰoːd |
秳 | *ɡoːd |
For pronunciation and definitions of 舌 – see 𠯑 (“to block the mouth”). (This character is a variant form of 𠯑). |