dǔ
look at
Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound. Simplified form of 覩.
Evolution

Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 睹
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to witness | ||
to see | ||
appalling scenes of devastation | ||
sth speaks for itself | ||
to see for oneself |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*tˤaʔ | tuX | dǔ | see |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 7.1120% of movies
2343rd most common character in movies
2568th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Unicode | U+7779 |
Shuowen | “睹,見也。从目,者聲。覩,古文从見。” |
Sources
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