掖 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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yē, yè

support with the arms

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

夜 Sound component

yè

night

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yē

support with the arms; stick in, tuck in; fold up; to tuck (into a pocket); to hide; to conceal

yè

to support by the arm; to help; to promote; at the side; also pr. [yì]

Most common words with 掖

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	掖	to help
	张掖	Zhangye prefecture level city in Gansu
	张掖市	Zhangye prefecture level city in Gansu
	奖掖	to reward and promote
	宫掖	palace apartments

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[ɢ](r)Ak	yek	yè	armpit

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3863rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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