Original meaning: drooping ear of a grain
Embellishment of the character 禾 (grain), with a distinguishing short stroke on the ear of the millet plant to indicate the drooping ear. Based on the original meaning "drooping ear of a grain". The meaning later shifted to "flower" and "earlobe".
Components
丿 Distinguishing component
Here used as a distinguishing short stroke to indicate the drooping ear of a millet plant.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | |
|---|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | toːlʔ | |
| Unicode | duɑ̌ |
說文解字
《說文》：“朵，樹木垂朵朵也。从木，象形。此與采同意。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)