墊 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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diàn

advance money

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 執 represents the sound.

Components

土 Meaning component

tǔ

earth

執 Sound component

zhí

hold in hand

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular 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 墊

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	垫	pad
	床垫	mattress
	垫子	cushion
	垫付	to advance funds to sb for later repayment
	铺垫	bedcover

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[t]ˤ[i]m-s	temH	diàn	descend
*[t]ˤip	tep	dié	(place in Sìchuān, no pre-Hàn text)

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

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