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橘

jú

mandarin orange, tangerine

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 矞 represents the sound.

Components
木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

tree

矞 sound component

矞  Sound component

yù

  

bore with awl

Evolution

橘 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
橘 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
橘 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

橘  

jú

orange, tangerine; mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata); tangerine

Most common words with 橘
Freq.
Word
Meaning

橘

tangerine

橘子

tangerine

柑橘

citrus

橘红

orange (color)

越橘

cowberry

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[s.k]ʷi[t]

kjwit

jú

orange (tangerine?)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 3.8603% of movies

2447th most common character in movies

3614th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Unicode

U+6A58

Shuowen

“橘，果，出江南。从木，矞聲。”


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