piáo
ladle made from dried gourd
Phonosemantic compound. 瓜 represents the meaning and 票 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 瓢
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
dipper | ||
ladybug | ||
downpour (idiom) | ||
fig. to copy slavishly | ||
(of rain) pouring |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*(Cə.)[b]ew | bjiew | piáo | gourd |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3735th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 16 |
Unicode | U+74E2 |
Shuowen | “瓢，蠡也。从瓠省，票聲。” |
Sources
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