俑 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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yǒng

wooden figure buried with dead

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 甬 represents the sound.

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén

person

亻 is a component form of 人.

甬 Sound component

yǒng, tǒng

path

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yǒng

wooden figure buried with dead; wooden figures buried with the dead

Most common words with 俑

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	始作俑者	fig. the originator of an evil practice
	兵马俑	Terracotta Army (historic site)
	俑	wooden figures buried with the dead
	陶俑	a pottery figurine buried with the dead
	俑坑	pit with funerary figures

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*loŋʔ	yowngX	yǒng	grave figures

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4381st most common character in books

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