Chinese Character Wiki

櫝

dú

cabinet

Evolution

櫝 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
櫝 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Definitions

椟 (櫝) 

dú

cabinet, wardrobe; closet; cabinet; case; casket

Most common words with 櫝
Freq.
Word
Meaning

买椟还珠

to show poor judgment (idiom)

椟

case

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*lˤok

duwk

dú

coffer; box


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6535th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

19

Simplified

椟

Unicode

U+6ADD

Shuowen

“櫝，匱也。从木，賣聲。一曰木名。又曰大梡也。”


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