Chinese Character Wiki

唾

tuò

spit

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 垂 represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

口  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

垂 sound component

垂  Sound component

chuí

  

droop

Evolution

唾 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
唾 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
唾 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
唾 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

唾  

tuò

spit, spit on; saliva; to spit

Most common words with 唾
Freq.
Word
Meaning

唾液

saliva

唾沫

spittle

唾弃

to spurn

唾

saliva

唾手可得

easily obtained

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.9793% of movies

2754th most common character in movies

3040th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+553E

Shuowen

“唾，口液也。从口，垂聲。涶，唾或从水。”


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