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Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD Regular Modern
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Original meaning: drooping ear of a grain
Embellishment of the character 禾 (grain).
Components
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Character Evolution
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)