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酸

suān

sour, tart

Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 夋 represents the sound.

Components
酉 meaning component

酉  Meaning component

yǒu

  

wine

夋 sound component

夋  Sound component

qūn

  

to dawdle

Evolution

酸 Bronze script Warring States (475-221 BC)

Bronze script

Warring States (475-221 BC)
酸 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

酸  

suān

tart, sour; acid; stiff; spoiled; sour; tart; sick at heart; grieved; sore; aching; pedantic; impractical; to make sarcastic remarks about sb; an acid

Most common words with 酸
Freq.
Word
Meaning

酸

sour

酸奶

yogurt

硫酸

sulfate

心酸

to feel sad

盐酸

hydrochloric acid HCl

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[s]ˤor

swan

suān

sour


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 14.3521% of movies

1684th most common character in movies

1456th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+9178

Shuowen

“酸，酢也。从酉，夋聲。關東謂酢曰酸。，籀文酸从畯。”


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