duǒ

hardened dirt or clay

Components

Meaning component
earth

earth

Sound component
chuí droop

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtoːlʔ

說文解字

堅土也。从土𡍮聲。讀若朵。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica