náo

cymbals

Evolution

鐃 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
鐃 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鐃 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Definitions

() 

náo

cymbals; hand bell; disturb; big cymbals

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[n]ˤrew

nraew

náo

a kind of bell


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6373rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

20

Simplified

Unicode

U+9403

Shuowen

“鐃,小鉦也。軍法:卒長執鐃。从金,堯聲。”


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