juéjiáo

prattle

Components
口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

mouth

爵 sound component

  Sound component

jué

  

feudal title or rank

Evolution

嚼 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
嚼 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
嚼 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jué

prattle, be glib

 

jiáo

to chew; also pr. [jué]

Most common words with 嚼
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to chew

咀嚼

to chew

细嚼慢咽

to eat slowly (idiom)

嚼舌

to gossip

咬文嚼字

to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording