Chinese
傻
shǎ
foolish; silly; stupid; crazy; insane
- HSK 5
- TOCFL 6
- radical 人
- 13 strokes
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Origin
Unclear. Possible early forms in Middle Chinese include 𧫝 (MC srwaeX) or 誜 (MC srwaeH), indicating "to speak carelessly; to talk nonsense".
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Lineage
- partChinese亻 “Side form of the person (人 (rén)) radical.”
- partChinese囟 “fontanelle”
- partChinese儿 “standing person”
- partChinese夂 “to approach from behind”
Sources
- Structural decomposition (chaizi) — See upstream
- HSK / TOCFL word lists — Facts (levels)
- 教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
- Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wiktionary: 傻