籥
yuè
key
Evolution
Bronze script
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Definitions
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*lewk | yak | yuè | flute; key; tube |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
7066th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 23 |
Unicode | U+7C65 |
Shuowen | “籥，書僮竹笘也。从竹，龠聲。” |
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