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协

xié

cooperate

Simplified form of 協. Phonosemantic compound. 十 represents the sound and 劦 represents the meaning.

Components
十 sound component

十  Sound component

shí

  

ten

办 simplified component

办  Simplified component

bàn

  

manage

Shorthand for the 劦 component in the traditional character 協.

Evolution

协 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
协 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
协 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
协 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
协 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

协 (協) 

xié

be united; cooperate; to cooperate; to harmonize; to help; to assist; to join

Most common words with 协
Freq.
Word
Meaning

协议

pact

协会

a society

协调

to coordinate

协助

to aid

妥协

to compromise

Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 34.9191% of movies

1076th most common character in movies

735th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Traditional

協

Unicode

U+534F


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