weight, number

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
石 meaning component

  Meaning component

shídàn

  

stone

马 sound component

  Sound component

  

horse

Evolution

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Traditional script

Modern
码 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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number, numerals; yard; symbol; weight; number; code; to pile; to stack; classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc

Most common words with 码
Freq.
Word
Meaning

号码

number

weight

密码

secret code

起码

at the minimum

数码

number