噬
Meanings
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- 1.to devour
- 2.to bite
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Wiktionary
- 1.to bite; to gnaw
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *djads): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 筮 (OC *djads). Sagart (2021c) revises the Old Chinese reconstruction as *m-tet-s, from volitional prefix *m- + a root *tet-s (“to bite”), from which 瘈 (OC *k(ə)-tet-s, “mad; rabid (dog)”) also derives.
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Components
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