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crowded

HSK 10
トウ
くつ
Depicts speech flowing out of the mouth (曰) like water (水). Based on the original meaning "mouth like a torrent, speaking a lot". The meaning later expanded to "repeated", "crowded", "join", and "unite".
Components
water+ sayeth =
crowded
Iconic component
shuǐ water
water, liquid, lotion, juice
Iconic component
yuē sayeth
say
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[Tà]
surname Ta
[dá]
classifier for sheets of papers etc: pile, pad; Taiwan pr. [tà]
[tà]
again and again; many
Japanese
(rare) (rare) (rare) くつ 同音
noun shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
くつ
Kutsu place namesurname