Dong Chinese dictionary

xiū

dried meat (used as teachers payment in ancient times)

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 攸 represents the sound.

Components

攸 Sound component

yōu

distant

⺼ Meaning component

ròu

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

xiū

dried meat (used as teachers payment in ancient times)

xiū

dried meat; private teacher's remuneration; withered; variant of 修[xiū]

Most common words with 脩

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