Embellishment of the character 禾 (grain), with a distinguishing short stroke on the ear of the millet plant to indicate the drooping ear. Based on the original meaning "drooping ear of a grain". The meaning later shifted to "flower" and "earlobe".
Components
piě slash
line
Here used as a distinguishing short stroke to indicate the drooping ear of a millet plant.
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Historical Evolution
朵
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
朵
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
朵
Regular
Modern
Chinese
朵 [duǒ]
flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (30)
耳朵 [ěrduo] #2,139
ear
花朵 [huāduǒ] #10,250
flower
云朵 [yúnduǒ] #29,393
a cloud
云朵 [yúnduǒ] #29,393
a cloud
大快朵颐 [dàkuàiduǒyí] #40,449
to gorge oneself
大快朵颐 [dàkuàiduǒyí] #40,449
to gorge oneself
花骨朵 [huāgǔduo] #67,789
(coll.) flower bud
咬耳朵 [yǎo'ěrduo] #50,282
(coll.) to whisper in sb's ear
玛奇朵 [mǎqíduǒ] #47,266
macchiato (loanword)
玛奇朵 [mǎqíduǒ] #47,266
macchiato (loanword)
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