Dong Chinese dictionary

dé

virtue

Virtuous people have a straight (直) heart (心). 直 also represents the sound. Original form of 德.

Components

zhí

straight

惪 and 直 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.惪 /*tˤək/
直 /*N-t<r>ək/

心 Meaning component

xīn

heart

Evolution

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

dé

ethics

dé

variant of 德[dé]

Most common words with 惪

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

Sound component in 2 characters (2 verified)

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