犢 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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dú

calf

To sacrifice 賣 a calf 牛

Components

牛 Meaning component

niú

cow

賣 Meaning component

mài

sell

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

dú

calf; victim of sacrifice; sacrificial victim

Most common words with 犢

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	犊	calf
	牛犊	calf
	犊子	calf
	初生牛犊不怕虎	fig. the young are fearless
	护犊子	(of a woman) to be fiercely protective of one's children

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*lˤok	duwk	dú	calf

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3915th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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