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测

cè

measure

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 则 represents the sound. Simplified form of 測.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

则 sound component

则  Sound component

zé

  

rule

Evolution

测 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
测 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Traditional script

Modern
测 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

测 (測) 

cè

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

Most common words with 测
Freq.
Word
Meaning

测试

test

检测

to detect

测

to survey

预测

to forecast

监测

to monitor

Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 41.9990% of movies

842nd most common character in movies

861st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Traditional

測

Unicode

U+6D4B


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