shuǎng
refreshing, clear, happy
Original meaning:
match, pair
Depicts a person (大) carrying things (爻) under each arm. Based on the original meaning "match, pair".
Components
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
shuǎng
happy, cheerful; refreshing; bright; clear; crisp; open; frank; straightforward; to feel well; fine; pleasurable; invigorating; to deviate
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*sraŋɁ | srjangX | shuǎng | match, pair |
Statistics
HSK level 6
Appears in 23.9789% of movies
1350th most common character in movies
2378th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Unicode | U+723D |
Shuowen | “爽，明也。从，从大。，篆文爽。” |
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