dú
writing tablet
Phonosemantic compound. 片 represents the meaning and 賣 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 牘
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
documents | ||
verbose | ||
(of a text) very lengthy (idiom) | ||
paperwork | ||
red tape |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*lˤok | duwk | dú | tablet |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4235th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 19 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+7258 |
Shuowen | “牘，書版也。从片，賣聲。” |
Sources
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