jué​shuò

hale and hearty

jué look about in fright or alarm

To startle again  also provides the pronunciation

Components

SoundMeaning component
qú, jù, jí surname
Meaning component
yòu again

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkjwakC.qʷ(r)akanxious look
Zhengzhangkʷaɡ

說文解字

隹欲逸走也。从又持之,矍矍也。讀若《詩》云“穬彼淮夷”之“穬”。一曰視遽皃。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

shuò, yuè, lì melt Simplified

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

Sound component
lè, yuè happy, music

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

melt Traditional

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

Sound component
lè, yuè happy, music

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsyakr̥ ewk (W dialect: *r̥ - > *x-, palatalizing)melt, infuse
Zhengzhangqʰljawɢ
Unicodeshiɑk

說文解字

銷金也。从金樂聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica