Dong Chinese dictionary

sù

early in morning

Pictograph of a person working underneath the moon (夕) in the early morning when the moon is still visible.

Components

丮 Iconic component

jǐ

catch

Here depicts a person working.

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

夕 Iconic component

xī

evening

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

sù

early in morning, dawn; previous; morning; early; long-held; long-cherished

Most common words with 夙

Sources