Dong Chinese dictionary

dù, duó

measure

Phonosemantic compound. 又 represents the meaning (using a hand to measure something) and 石 represents the sound.

Components

shí, dàn

stone

度 and 石 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.度 /*[d]ˤak-s/, /*[d]ˤak/
石 /*dAk/

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 石 than it was in ancient scripts.

又 Meaning component

yòu

(hand), again

Depicts a hand measuring something.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

度

dù

degree, system; manner; to consider; to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier for events and occurrences

度

duó

to estimate; Taiwan pr. [duò]

Most common words with 度