Chinese

夠

/koʊ̯⁵¹/
to be enough; to be sufficient; to reach or achieve a desired level
  • Phono-semantic compound 形聲
  • HSK 2
  • TOCFL 2
  • radical 夕
  • 11 strokes

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Origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *koː, *koːs, *kʰoː): semantic 多 + phonetic 句 (OC *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo).

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Lineage

  • meaningChinese多 “many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-; poly-”
  • soundChinese句 “sentence; phrase”
    • meaningChinese丩 “to connect or graft a vine”
    • soundChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”

Words built on it: 能夠

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