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bawl

HSK 10
Human Body Face
chì
シツ、シチ、カ
しか.る
Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 七 represents the sound.
Components
mouth+ seven =
bawl
Meaning component
kǒu mouth
Phonetic component
seven
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[chì]
to scold; shout at; to hoot at
Japanese
叱り 𠮟り (rare) 呵り (rare) しかり 同音
noun scolding; reprimand; lecture
(ateji) 𠮟 (ateji) しっ 同音

int.

  1. usually kana shh!; sh!; shush!
  2. usually kana shoo!; go away!
Example Sentences