舌

Alternative forms

 * In (Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao), this character is written with  as the upper component, which is also the historical form found in the.
 * In, (mainland China and Singapore), Japanese , Korean and Vietnamese , this character is written with  as the upper component.

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/舌
 * ( from the component )
 * ( from the component )
 * ( from the component )
 * ( from the component )

Glyph origin
– a forked tongue emerging upwards from a mouth.

Etymology 1
From ; compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (STEDT; ). The reconstruction of a complex initial in 🇨🇬 is based on evidence from the softened initial in 🇨🇬 as well as 🇨🇬.

Alternatively,, reconstructing the 🇨🇬 minimally as , derives it from + , literally “licker”.

Definitions

 * 1)  tongue
 * 2) tongue-shaped object
 * 3) clapper of a bell
 * 4)  speech; speaking

Kanji

 * 1) tongue
 * 2) reed of a woodwind
 * 3) clapper of a bell

Compounds

 * : glossitis

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) tongue

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) tongue

Noun

 * 1) tongue

Noun

 * 1) tongue

Noun

 * 1) tongue

Noun

 * 1) tongue