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宅

zhái

residence

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 乇 represents the sound.

Components
宀 meaning component

宀  Meaning component

mián

  

roof

乇 sound component

乇  Sound component

tuō, zhé

  

to depend on

Evolution

宅 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

宅  

zhái

residence, dwelling, home; grave; residence; (coll.) to stay in at home; to hang around at home

Most common words with 宅
Freq.
Word
Meaning

住宅

residence

宅

residence

住宅区

residential area

民宅

house

宅子

house

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (0 verified)

詫 诧 咤 姹

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m-tˤ<r>ak

draek

zhái

residence


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 7.0639% of movies

2251st most common character in movies

1858th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+5B85

Shuowen

“宅，所託也。从宀，乇聲。，古文宅。，亦古文宅。”


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