xiā

suck

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

甲 sound component

  Sound component

jiǎ

  

1st heavenly stem, fingernail

Evolution

呷 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
呷 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

suck, swallow, drink