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dùduó HSK2

measure

approved by Peter Olson · Mar 7, 2026, 06:08 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Mar 7, 2026, 06:08 AM

it depicts a hand, so it's iconic

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Phonosemantic compound. 又 represents the meaning (using a hand to measure something) and 石 represents the sound.

Components

石 Sound component

Change in sound

度 and 石 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 石 than it was in ancient scripts.

又 Iconic component

hand

Depicts a hand measuring something.

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	duH	[d]ˤak-s	measure (n.)
	dak	[d]ˤak	measure (v.)

法制也。从又，庶省聲。