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Note that the right side component of this character (U+53F1) is written 𠤎 and not 匕. In Japan, as of the latest 2010 reform the correct form of the character is 𠮟 (U+20B9F) with 七 as the right side component.
This usage of 叱 was officially replaced in the 2010 jōyō reform in favor of the etymologically faithful 𠮟 (U+20B9F, restoring 七 as the phonetic component). 叱 remains in common usage.
Conventionally reconstructed as *-s, after the Middle Korean reflexes.
Etymology 1
Generally thought to be from an otherwise unattested Old Chinese dialectal pronunciation of the character that began with *s-.
Minority views include that it is a graphic simplification of a different Chinese character, or that it is a gukja invented in Korea with 𠤎 representing the shape of the tongue while pronouncing /s/ and 口 being a radical that denotes a non-standard character.
Phonogram
叱 (*-s)
A consonantal phonogram denoting coda consonant *-s
Genitive case marker, chiefly for inanimate nouns.
Usage notes
In Middle Korean, the genitive case marker ㅅ (Yale: -s) was used for both inanimate nouns and honored animate nouns, while the other genitive marker 의〮 (Yale: -úy) was reserved for non-honored animate nouns.
In the limited Old Korean corpus, 叱(*-s) appears to be used chiefly for inanimate nouns. Meanwhile, many texts use the genitive 尸(*-lq), with no evident Middle Korean reflex, for honored nouns such as the Buddha. There is a strong argument that 尸(*-lq) is an allomorphic variant of 叱(*-s), representing a phenomenon ancestral to the tensing of the subsequent obstruent that occurred in Middle Korean when ㅅ(-s) occurred between a sonorant and an obstruent. If true, there was no distinction between Old and Middle Korean in the use of the genitive -s.
Unlike the other Old Korean genitive marker 衣(*-uy), 叱(*-s) could follow other case markers.
Descendants
Middle Korean: ㅅ(-s, genitive case marker for inanimate or honored animate nouns)