duō

tremble

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

多 sound component

  Sound component

duō

  

much

Evolution

哆 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
哆 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

duō

tremble, shiver, shudder, quiver; quiver; woolen cloth

Most common words with 哆
Freq.
Word
Meaning

哆嗦

to tremble

quiver

打哆嗦

to tremble