suī
although
Original meaning:
type of lizard
Simplified form of 雖. Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 唯 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "type of lizard". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
Evolution
Bronze script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernComponent uses
Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)
Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)
Statistics
HSK level 6
Appears in 48.3421% of movies
937th most common character in movies
504th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+867D |
Sources
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