Dong Chinese dictionary

shuò

first day of lunar month

Phonosemantic compound. 月 represents the meaning and 屰 represents the sound.

Components

月 Meaning component

yuè

moon

屰 Sound component

nì

disobedient

朔 and 屰 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.朔 /*s-ŋrak/
屰 /*ŋrak/

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

shuò

first day of lunar month; the north; beginning; north

Most common words with 朔

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	朔	beginning
	扑朔迷离	confusing
	王朔	Wang Shuo (1958-), Chinese writer, director and actor
	阳朔	Yangshuo county in Guilin 桂林[Guìlín], Guangxi
	朔州	Shuozhou prefecture level city in Shanxi 山西

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

Sound component in 6 characters (2 verified)

Sources