gravel

Evolution

礫 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
礫 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

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gravel, pebbles, potsherds; gravel; small stone

Most common words with 礫
Freq.
Word
Meaning

瓦砾

rubble

砾石

gravel

沙砾

grains of sand

gravel

砂砾

grit

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[r]ˤewk

lek

pebbles


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3511th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

20

Simplified

Unicode

U+792B

Shuowen

“礫,小石也。从石,樂聲。”


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