咧

liē
#2,735 most
frequent character
used in 咧咧[lie1lie1]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

咧 pairs 口 mouth with 列 liè, close in sound. It first stood for the call of birds, then for other noise. Read liě it means 'to grin', and read lie it is a particle; both were borrowed for the sound alone.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

咧liě
to draw back the corners of one's mouth
咧lie
modal particle expressing exclamation

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