嗑 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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kē, kè

eat seeds

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

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu

mouth

盍 Sound component

hé

what? why not?

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

kē

eat seeds; reproach; loquacious

kè

to crack (seeds) between one's teeth

Most common words with 嗑

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	嗑	to crack (seeds) between one's teeth
	唠嗑	to gossip

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 4.3248% of movies

2410th most common character in movies

4594th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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