鑠 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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shuò

melt

Components

釒 Meaning component

jīn

metal

樂 Sound component

lè, yuè

happy, music

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

shuò

melt, smelt; shine; bright; to melt; to fuse

Most common words with 鑠

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	矍铄	hale and hearty
	铄	bright
	众口铄金	fig. public clamor can obscure the actual truth
	闪铄	flickering

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
r̥ewk (W dialect: r̥- > *x-, palatalizing)	syak	shuò	melt, infuse

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5473rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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