Chinese

躲

duǒ
to hide
  • Phono-semantic compound 形聲
  • HSK 5
  • TOCFL 6
  • radical 身
  • 13 strokes
  • 嚲
  • 亸

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Origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *toːlʔ) and ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): semantic 身 (“body”) + phonetic 朵 (OC *toːlʔ, “to move”).

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Lineage

  • meaningChinese身 “body”
  • soundChinese朵 “hanging from a tree”

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