Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 土 represents the sound.
Components
口 Meaning component
kǒu mouth
Notes
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Historical Evolution
吐
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
吐
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
吐
Regular
Modern
Chinese
吐 [tǔ]
to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances)
吐 [tù]
to vomit; to throw up
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
吐 はきさき
Hakisaki surname
CHINESE WORDS (96)
呕吐 [ǒutù] #4,793
to vomit
呕吐 [ǒutù] #4,793
to vomit
吐露 [tǔlù] #19,763
to tell
谈吐 [tántǔ] #25,492
style of conversation
谈吐 [tántǔ] #25,492
style of conversation
吐蕃 [Tǔbō] #21,359
Tubo or Tufan, old name for Tibet
吞吐 [tūntǔ] #62,158
to take in and send out (in large quantities)
吞吞吐吐 [tūntūntǔtǔ] #29,045
to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth
倾吐 [qīngtǔ] #26,904
to pour out (emotions)
倾吐 [qīngtǔ] #26,904
to pour out (emotions)
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JAPANESE WORDS (88)
ため息をつく [ためいきをつく] #3,189
to sigh
⭐ 吐き出す [はきだす] #3,221
to vomit
息をつく [いきをつく] #3,475
to take a breath
吐息 [といき] #3,651
sigh
嘘をつく [うそをつく] #4,498
to tell a lie
息を吐く [いきをはく] #4,625
to breathe out
吐き捨てる [はきすてる] #5,367
to spit out
一息つく [ひといきつく] #7,499
to take a breather
⭐ 吐き気 [はきけ] #9,345
nausea
言葉を吐く [ことばをはく] #11,261
to talk
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KOREAN WORDS (3)