Dong Chinese dictionary

cè

measure

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 則 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

則 Sound component

zé

rule

Evolution

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

cè

measure, estimate, conjecture; to survey; to measure; to conjecture

Most common words with 測

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