shuì

handkerchief

Evolution

帨 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
帨 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
帨 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
帨 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Definitions

 

shuì

handkerchief, kerchief, shawl; handkerchief

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*l̥ot-s

sywejH

shuì

kerchief

*s.l̥ot-s

tshjwejH

shuì

kerchief


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+5E28

Shuowen

“帥,佩巾也。从巾,。帨,帥或从兌。”


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