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Depicts using a weapon (戈) to defend an area (囗) in a boundary (一). Based on the original meaning "area", now written as 域. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
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Historical Evolution
或
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
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Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
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Bronze
Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)
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Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
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Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
或 [huò]
maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or
Japanese
a certain ...; some ...
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
或 あみ
Ami unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (29)
或者 [huòzhě] #268
or
或许 [huòxǔ] #414
perhaps
或许 [huòxǔ] #414
perhaps
或是 [huòshì] #1,495
or
抑或 [yìhuò] #12,346
or
不可或缺 [bùkěhuòquē] #19,909
necessary
或多或少 [huòduōhuòshǎo] #16,562
more or less
间或 [jiànhuò] #51,903
occasionally
间或 [jiànhuò] #51,903
occasionally
甚或 [shènhuò] #43,703
so much so that
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JAPANESE WORDS (10)
ある程度 [あるていど] #2,277
to some extent
ある日 [あるひ] #2,569
one day
ある人 [あるひと] #3,090
someone
ある時 [あるとき] #6,693
on one occasion
ある種 [あるしゅ] #7,578
certain
⭐ 或いは [あるいは] #12,848
or
⭐ 或る [ある] #17,297
a certain ...
ある程度まで [あるていどまで] #28,760
to some degree
或は [あるは] #31,063
some ... and others ...
と或る [とある] #82,278
a certain ...