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琱

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

engrave

HSK 10

Nature →Animals

diāo

チョウ、チュウ

Phonosemantic compound. 𤣩 represents the meaning and 周 represents the sound.

Components

Notes

Historical Evolution

Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

琱

Regular

Modern

Chinese

琱 [diāo]

to engrave gems

Example Sentences