柙 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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xiá

cage

Components

木 Meaning component

mù

tree

wood

甲 Sound component

jiǎ

1st heavenly stem, fingernail

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

xiá

cage, pen for wild animals; cage; pen; scabbard

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[g]ˤr[a]p	haep	xiá	cage; box

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6150th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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