cuò
to place, arrange
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 昔 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution
Bronze script
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
cuò
place; collect, arrange; employ; to handle; to manage; to put in order; to arrange; to administer; to execute; to take action on; to plan
Most common words with 措
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
measure | ||
embarrassed and at a complete loss | ||
to move | ||
to lose one's head out of fear (idiom) | ||
wording |
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