侧 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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cè, zhāi

side

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 则 represents the sound. Simplified form of 側.

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén

person

亻 is a component form of 人.

则 Sound component

zé

rule

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

侧 (側)

cè

side; incline, slant, lean; the side; to incline towards; to lean; inclined; lateral

侧 (側)

zhāi

lean on one side

Most common words with 侧

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	侧	the side
	侧面	side
	右侧	right side
	左侧	left side
	外侧	outer side

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 13.2949% of movies

1740th most common character in movies

1220th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes	8
Traditional	側
Unicode	U+4FA7

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

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