寡
guǎ HSK7

widowed, alone

  • edit character approved 寡 — "Rollback uuMy9nj4uPqpGLWGd" by inralback19
    Gloss
    widowed → widowed, alone
    Hint
    Depicts a person living alone in a house (宀). The decorative strokes around the 頁 component corrupted into the unrelated 分.
    Original meaning
    live alone
    Verified
    No → Yes
    Components
    • + 宀 Iconic
    • + 頁 Iconic Used here to depict a person.
    • + ◎ Unknown Originally depicted decorative strokes around 頁. Modern form looks like unrelated 分.
    Stroke fragments (simplified)
    寡
    →
    寡
    • Component 3: 13-14 → 11-14
    Sources

    Changed: gloss, hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images

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  • edit character approved 寡 — "Rollback nB2aTM7JgZr7ZvaeP" by inralback19
    Gloss
    widowed, alone → widowed
    Components
    • - 宀 Iconic
    • - 頁 Iconic
    • - ◎ Unknown
    Stroke fragments (simplified)
    寡
    →
    寡
    • Component 3: 11-14 → 13-14

    Changed: gloss, hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images

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  • edit character approved 寡 — "Changed corrupted component into 分" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Depicts a person living alone in a house (宀). The decorative strokes around the 頁 component corrupted into the unrelated 刀. → Depicts a person living alone in a house (宀). The decorative strokes around the 頁 component corrupted into the unrelated 分.
    Components
    • ◎ Unknown
      • hint: Originally depicted decorative strokes around 頁. Modern form looks like unrelated 刀. → Originally depicted decorative strokes around 頁. Modern form looks like unrelated 分.
    Stroke fragments (simplified)
    寡
    →
    寡
    • Component 3: 13-14 → 11-14

    Changed: hint, components, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images

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  • edit character approved 寡 — "Added etymology for this character." by Prismcool
    Hint
    Depicts a person living alone in a house (宀). The decorative strokes around the 頁 component corrupted into the unrelated 分. → Depicts a person living alone in a house (宀). The decorative strokes around the 頁 component corrupted into the unrelated 刀.
    Components
    • ◎ Unknown
      • hint: Originally depicted decorative strokes around 頁. Modern form looks like unrelated 分. → Originally depicted decorative strokes around 頁. Modern form looks like unrelated 刀.

    Changed: gloss, hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources

    edit character by Prismcool

    approved by Peter Olson

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