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擬

nǐ

draft

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

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

疑 sound component

疑  Sound component

yí

  

doubt

Evolution

擬 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
擬 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
擬 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
擬 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
擬 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

拟 (擬) 

nǐ

draft; intend, plan, propose; to plan to; to draft (a plan); to imitate; to assess; to compare; pseudo-

Most common words with 擬
Freq.
Word
Meaning

模拟

imitation

拟

to plan to

虚拟

to imagine

拟定

to draw up

草拟

first draft

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ŋ](r)əʔ (< uvular)

ngiX

nǐ

estimate, calculate


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 6.1509% of movies

2278th most common character in movies

1541st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Simplified

拟

Unicode

U+64EC

Shuowen

“擬，度也。从手，疑聲。”


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