磋 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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cuō

polish

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 差 represents the sound.

Components

石 Meaning component

shí, dàn

stone

差 Sound component

chà, chā, chāi

to differ

Definitions

cuō

polish, buff; scrutinize; deliberate; to polish

Most common words with 磋

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	磋	deliberate
	切磋	to compare notes
	磋商	to consult
	切磋琢磨	lit. cutting and polishing (idiom)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[tsʰ]ˤaj	tsha	cuō	file, polish (v.)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3261st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes	14
Unicode	U+78CB

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