qiú
ball
Phonosemantic compound. 𤣩 represents the meaning and 求 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 球
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
ball | ||
entire | ||
the earth | ||
sports club member | ||
sports team (basketball, soccer, football etc) |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[g](r)[u] | gjuw | qiú | 'ball'? |
Statistics
HSK level 1
Appears in 65.5454% of movies
307th most common character in movies
628th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Unicode | U+7403 |
Shuowen | “球,玉聲也。从玉,求聲。璆,球或从翏。” |
Sources
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