tōu
to steal
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 俞 represents the sound.
Evolution

Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 偷
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to steal | ||
stealthily | ||
thief | ||
to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge | ||
to steal |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*l̥ˤo | thuw | tōu | steal |
Statistics
HSK level 5
Appears in 55.5502% of movies
616th most common character in movies
1284th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Unicode | U+5077 |
Sources
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