叱

Alternative forms
Note that the right side component of this character (U+53F1) is written 𠤎 and not. In Japan, as of the latest 2010 reform the correct form of the character is 𠮟 (U+20B9F) with 七 as the right side component.

Glyph origin
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Definitions

 * 1) to scold; to shout at; to bawl out

Kanji

 * 1) to open the mouth

Kanji

 * 1) scold
 * 2) shout
 * 3) reprove

Alternative forms

 * This usage of was officially replaced in the 2010  reform in favor of the etymologically faithful  (, restoring  as the phonetic component).  remains in common usage.
 * This usage of was officially replaced in the 2010  reform in favor of the etymologically faithful  (, restoring  as the phonetic component).  remains in common usage.

Compounds

 * : to scold
 * : to scold away

Interjection

 * 1) shh
 * 2) shoo

Pronunciation
Conventionally reconstructed as *-s, after the Middle Korean reflexes.

Etymology 1
Generally thought to be from an otherwise unattested Old Chinese dialectal pronunciation of the character that began with *s-.

Minority views include that it is a graphic simplification of a different Chinese character, or that it is a gukja invented in Korea with 𠤎 representing the shape of the tongue while pronouncing /s/ and 口 being a radical that denotes a non-standard character.

Usage notes
In Middle Korean, the genitive case marker was used for both inanimate nouns and honored animate nouns, while the other genitive marker  was reserved for non-honored animate nouns.

In the limited Old Korean corpus, appears to be used chiefly for inanimate nouns. Meanwhile, many texts use the genitive, with no evident Middle Korean reflex, for honored nouns such as the Buddha. There is a strong argument that is an allomorphic variant of, representing a phenomenon ancestral to the tensing of the subsequent obstruent that occurred in Middle Korean when  occurred between a sonorant and an obstruent. If true, there was no distinction between Old and Middle Korean in the use of the genitive -s.

Unlike the other Old Korean genitive marker, could follow other case markers.