blow through nose

Components
虚 sound component

  Sound component

  

void, false

欠 meaning component

  Meaning component

qiàn

  

yawn, deficient

breathe

Evolution

歔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
歔 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
歔 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
歔 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
歔 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

blow through nose, snort; to snort