register

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
言 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

普 sound component

  Sound component

  

universal

Evolution

譜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
譜 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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register, list, table; musical score; chart; list; table; register; score (music); spectrum (physics); to set to music

Most common words with 譜
Freq.
Word
Meaning

chart

离谱

excessive

食谱

cookbook

菜谱

recipe

光谱

spectrum