duō
noise of rage
Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 出 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
duō
noise of rage, cry out in anger; (old)(interjection expressing disapproval, commiseration etc) tut!; Taiwan pr. [duò]
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[t]ˤut | twot | duō | scold |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 0.6888% of movies
3351st most common character in movies
3325th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+5484 |
Shuowen | “咄，相謂也。从口，出聲。” |
Sources
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