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掇

duō

collect

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 叕 represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

叕 sound component

叕  Sound component

zhuó

  

to connect, to join together

Evolution

掇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
掇 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
掇 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
掇 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

掇  

duō

collect, gather up, pick up; to pick up; to collect; gather up

Most common words with 掇
Freq.
Word
Meaning

拾掇

to clear up

撺掇

to urge sb on

掇

to pick up

掇刀区

Duodao district of Jingmen city 荊門市|荆门市[Jīng​mén​shì], Hubei

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*t<r>ot

trjwet

duó

pick, gather

*tˤot

twat

duó

pick, gather


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4486th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+6387

Shuowen

“掇，拾取也。从手，叕聲。”


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