黠 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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xiá

sly

Phonosemantic compound. 黑 represents the meaning and 吉 represents the sound.

Components

黑 Meaning component

hēi

black

吉 Sound component

jí

lucky

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

xiá

sly, cunning, shrewd; artful; (phonetic); crafty

Most common words with 黠

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	狡黠	crafty
	黠	crafty

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[g]ˤri[t]	heat	xiá	shrewd

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4160th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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