貂 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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diāo

marten

Phonosemantic compound. 豸 represents the meaning and 召 represents the sound.

Components

豸 Meaning component

zhì

(dhole), beast

召 Sound component

zhào, shào

summon

Evolution

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

diāo

marten, sable, mink; sable or marten (genus Martes)

Most common words with 貂

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	貂	sable or marten (genus Martes)
	貂蝉	Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[sìdàměinǚ], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓[DǒngZhuó] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布\|吕布[LǚBù]
	貂皮	mink fur
	水貂	mink (Mustela lutreola, M. vison)
	黑貂	sable (Martes zibellina)