舌

jī
#1,955 most
frequent character
used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

舌 shé has 口 mouth as a picture part; 千 is empty and once drew a tongue with spit. It started as a picture of the tongue. It grew to mean things the tongue does, like talking and tasting, and tongue-like things such as flames.

Drawn as: tongue and spit

舌 as a component in other characters

meaning3 characters
甜舔舐
sound11 characters
话活适括刮恬憩蛞鸹栝筈
picture1 character
聒
empty3 characters
敌乱辞

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Same Characters, Different Readings

舌shé
tongue

Homophones

鸡jī
chicken
积jī
to amass, to accumulate
几jī
almost
几jī
small table
基jī
(bound form) base, foundation
奇jī
odd (number)
激jī
to arouse, to incite, to excite

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