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荅

dā, dá

small bean

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 合 represents the sound. Used as a variant of 答.

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

合 sound component

合  Sound component

hé, gě

  

to join

Evolution

荅 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

荅  

dā

answer: small bean; thick

荅  

dá

to answer; agree

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

剳

Sound component in 5 characters (2 verified)

塔 搭 嗒 瘩 褡

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[t]ˤ[ə]p

top

dá

small bean


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

7468th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+8345

Shuowen

“荅，小尗也。从艸，合聲。”


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