xù
to ditch
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*m̥(r)ik | xwik | xù | channel; moat |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
6901st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+6D2B |
Shuowen | “洫，十里為成，成間廣八尺，深八尺，謂之洫。从水，血聲。《論語》：‘盡力于溝洫。’” |
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