carpenter's square

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Originally written as .

Components
矢 meaning component

  Meaning component

shǐ

  

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巨 sound component

  Sound component

  

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Evolution

矩 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
矩 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
矩 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

carpenter's square, ruler, rule; carpenter's square; rule; regulation; pattern; to carve

() 

variant of [jǔ]

Most common words with 矩
Freq.
Word
Meaning

规矩

rule

矩阵

array

rule

扭矩

torque

循规蹈矩

to act according to convention

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)