Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 則 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (測)
Simplified (测)
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Historical Evolution
測
Bronze
Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
測
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
測
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
測
Regular
Modern
Chinese
测 / 測 [cè]
to survey; to measure; to conjecture
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
測 はかる
Hakaru unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (99)
测试 [cèshì] #1,185
to test (machinery etc)
检测 [jiǎncè] #2,648
to detect
预测 [yùcè] #4,061
to forecast
监测 [jiāncè] #12,437
to monitor
猜测 [cāicè] #4,547
to guess
测量 [cèliáng] #7,293
survey
测定 [cèdìng] #20,341
to survey and evaluate
推测 [tuīcè] #4,596
speculation
测验 [cèyàn] #5,970
test
探测 [tàncè] #7,579
to probe
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JAPANESE WORDS (172)
⭐ 推測 [すいそく] #3,464
guess
⭐ 予測 [よそく] #3,818
prediction
⭐ 計る [はかる] #5,404
to measure
⭐ 観測 [かんそく] #7,120
observation
⭐ 憶測 [おくそく] #11,675
guess
⭐ 測定 [そくてい] #13,642
measurement
⭐ 計り知れない [はかりしれない] #15,267
unfathomable
不測 [ふそく] #16,062
unexpected
⭐ 計測 [けいそく] #17,242
measuring
推し量る [おしはかる] #19,479
to guess
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