diāo

engrave

Phonosemantic compound. 𤣩 represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Evolution

琱 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
琱 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
琱 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
琱 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
Definitions

 

diāo

engrave, inlay, carve; exhaust; to engrave gems

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+7431

Shuowen

“琱,治玉也。一曰石似玉。从玉,周聲。”


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