吻
wěn · HSK 7
kiss
💋 吻 = 口 mouth radical + 勿 (phonetic ~wù); a kiss is made with the mouth
The 口 on the left flags meaning (mouth), while 勿 carries the sound, drifting from wù to wěn. So 吻 literally tags a mouth-action: to kiss, or the mouth itself.
吻 — mouth radical 口 + 勿 (wù, phonetic)
吻 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The mouth radical 口 gives the meaning, since 吻 originally referred to the lips or the area around the mouth. The component 勿 supplies the sound. From 'lips' the meaning extended to 'kiss,' the action lips perform.
wěn · HSK 5
a kiss
💋 口 mouth + 勿 do-not = the mouth's silent gesture, a kiss
吻 decomposes into 口 (mouth) on the left and 勿 (do not / wordless) on the right. The right side hints at a mouth acting without speech — lips meeting instead of words. Pinyin wěn rhymes with 'when' lips touch.
吻 — mouth radical 口 + 勿 (wù, phonetic)
吻 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The mouth radical 口 gives the meaning, since 吻 originally referred to the lips or the area around the mouth. The component 勿 supplies the sound. From 'lips' the meaning extended to 'kiss,' the action lips perform.