diàn

advance money

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
土 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

earth

执 sound component

  Sound component

zhí

  

hold in hand

Evolution

垫 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
垫 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
垫 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
垫 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
垫 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

diàn

advance money, pay for another; pad; cushion; mat; to pad out; to fill a gap; to pay for sb; to advance (money)

Most common words with 垫
Freq.
Word
Meaning

pad

床垫

mattress

垫子

cushion

垫付

to advance funds to sb for later repayment

铺垫

bedcover

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 11.1645% of movies

1888th most common character in movies

2597th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Traditional

Unicode

U+57AB


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