橐 - Dong Chinese dictionary

tuó

a sack

Pictograph of a bag with both ends tied. Similar in origin to 東. 石 represents the sound. As a component in other characters, 石 is almost always omitted.

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts a bag with both ends tied.

石 Sound component

shí, dàn

stone

橐 and 石 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.橐 /*tʰˤak/
石 /*dAk/

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

橐

tuó

a sack, a bag opening at both ends; sack; tube open at both ends; (onom.) footsteps

Most common words with 橐

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	橐	sack
	橐橐	(onom.) footsteps

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

蠹

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

囊

Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)

囊

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*tʰˤak	thak	tuó	sack; bellows

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4560th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes	16
Unicode	U+6A50
Shuowen	“橐，囊也。从省，石聲。”

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

季旭昇《說文新證》p.514-515

李学勤《字源》p.557

裘錫圭 "Chinese Writing" p.240

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