cuò

to place, arrange

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

昔 sound component

  Sound component

  

in the past, ancient times

Evolution

措 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
措 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
措 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
措 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

cuò

place; collect, arrange; employ; to handle; to manage; to put in order; to arrange; to administer; to execute; to take action on; to plan

Most common words with 措
Freq.
Word
Meaning

措施

measure

不知所措

embarrassed and at a complete loss

举措

to move

惊慌失措

to lose one's head out of fear (idiom)

措辞

wording