Dong Chinese dictionary

chuí

droop

Original meaning:

borderland

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 𠂹 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "borderland", now written as 陲. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

𠂹 Sound component

chuí

grass, trees, flowers, leaves

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 𠂹 than it was in ancient scripts.

土 Meaning component

tǔ

earth

土 hints at the original meaning of 垂, "borderland", which is no longer the most common meaning of 垂 in modern Mandarin.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

垂

chuí

let down; suspend, hand; down; to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach

Most common words with 垂

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	垂	droop
	垂直	vertical
	下垂	to droop
	垂死	dying
	垂危	close to death

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

郵

Sound component in 9 characters (2 verified)

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

漢語多功能字庫

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