dòu

the neck

Evolution

脰 Seal script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Seal script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
脰 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
脰 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
脰 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
Definitions

 

dòu

the neck; neck; throat

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kə.dˤok-s

duwH

dòu

neck


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

7970th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+8130

Shuowen

“脰,項也。从肉,豆聲。”


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