shuài

rate, frequency

Original meaning: 

rope

Pictograph of a rope with four dots representing bits of threads. Based on the original meaning "rope". The meaning later shifted to "lead", "follow", "standard", "rate", and "frequency".

Evolution

率 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
率 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
率 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
率 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
率 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

to lead; ratio; rate; limit; frequency

 

shuài

to command; rash; hasty; frank; straightforward; generally; usually

Most common words with 率
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to lead

频率

frequency

效率

efficiency

利率

interest rates

几率

odds

Component uses

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