duǒ
flower
Original meaning:
drooping ear of a grain
Embellishment of the character 禾 (grain), with a distinguishing short stroke on the ear of the millet plant to indicate the drooping ear. Based on the original meaning "drooping ear of a grain". The meaning later shifted to "flower" and "earlobe".
Components
丿 Distinguishing component
piě
line
Here used as a distinguishing short stroke to indicate the drooping ear of a millet plant.
Evolution
![朵 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD) 朵 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E6%9C%B5_0.png)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)![朵 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD) 朵 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E6%9C%B5_1.png)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
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