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瘦

shòu

thin

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 叟 represents the sound.

Components
疒 meaning component

疒  Meaning component

nè

  

sick

叟 sound component

叟  Sound component

sǒu

  

old man

Evolution

瘦 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
瘦 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
瘦 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
瘦 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

瘦  

shòu

thin, emaciated, lean; meager; thin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight; (of meat) lean; (of land) unproductive

Most common words with 瘦
Freq.
Word
Meaning

瘦

thin

瘦小

petite

瘦子

thin person

瘦弱

thin and weak

消瘦

to waste away

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*sru-s

srjuwH

shòu

lean (adj.)


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 9.9471% of movies

2001st most common character in movies

1841st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+7626

Shuowen

“，臞也。从疒，叜聲。”


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