xiá
flaw in gem
Phonosemantic compound. 王 represents the meaning and 叚 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 瑕
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
blemish | ||
faultless | ||
blemish | ||
flawless | ||
the pros outweigh the cons (idiom) |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[g]ˤra | hae | xiá | flaw, blemish |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 2.3546% of movies
2912th most common character in movies
3842nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Unicode | U+7455 |
Shuowen | “瑕，玉小赤也。从玉，叚聲。” |
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