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逗

dòu

tease, stay

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 豆 represents the sound.

Components
辶 meaning component

辶  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

豆 sound component

豆  Sound component

dòu

  

bean

Evolution

逗 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
逗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
逗 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

逗  

dòu

tempt, allure, arouse, stir; to stay; to stop; to tease (play with); amusing; short pause in reading aloud, equivalent to comma (also written 讀|读[dòu])

Most common words with 逗
Freq.
Word
Meaning

逗

to stay

挑逗

to provoke

逗留

to stay at

逗乐

to amuse oneself

逗号

comma (punct.)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 13.6313% of movies

1869th most common character in movies

2587th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+9017

Shuowen

“逗，止也。从辵，豆聲。”


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