dài
wear on the head
Depicts two hands putting something on top of the head (異). The 𢦏 and 異 components both represent the sound.
Components
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 戴
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to bear | ||
Dell | ||
to put on (hat etc) | ||
Davis or Davies (name) | ||
to wear (as accessories) |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*Cə.tˤək-s | tojH | dài | carry on the head |
Statistics
HSK level 4
Appears in 40.3172% of movies
808th most common character in movies
1228th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 17 |
Unicode | U+6234 |
Shuowen | “戴,分物得增益曰戴。从異,聲。” |
Sources
李学勤《字源》p.217
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