Dong Chinese dictionary

xié

cooperate

Simplified form of 協. Phonosemantic compound. 十 represents the sound and 劦 represents the meaning.

Components

十 Sound component

shí

ten

bàn

manage

Shorthand for the 劦 component in the traditional character 協.

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

xié

be united; cooperate; to cooperate; to harmonize; to help; to assist; to join

Most common words with 协

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