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朔

shuò

first day of lunar month

Phonosemantic compound. 月 represents the meaning and 屰 represents the sound.

Components
月 meaning component

月  Meaning component

yuè

  

moon

屰 sound component

屰  Sound component

nì

  

disobedient

Evolution

朔 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
朔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
朔 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

朔  

shuò

first day of lunar month; the north; beginning; north

Most common words with 朔
Freq.
Word
Meaning

朔

beginning

扑朔迷离

confusing

王朔

Wang Shuo (1958-), Chinese writer, director and actor

阳朔

Yangshuo county in Guilin 桂林[Guì​lín], Guangxi

朔州

Shuozhou prefecture level city in Shanxi 山西

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

溯

Sound component in 6 characters (2 verified)

愬 塑 嗍 槊 蒴 搠

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*s-ŋrak

sraewk

shuò

1st day of month


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3111th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+6714

Shuowen

“朔，月一日始蘇也。从月，屰聲。”


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