朵
朶Meanings
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- 1.variant of 朵[duǒ]
- 1.flower
- 2.earlobe
- 3.fig. item on both sides
- 4.classifier for flowers, clouds etc
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Wiktionary
- 1.hanging from a tree
- 2.flower or calyx of a plant
- 3.Classifier for flowers, clouds, etc.
- 4.ear
- 5.to move
- 6.a surname, Duo
- 7.Classifier for clusters of fruits.
- 8.name; nickname; title (Classifier: 個／个 c)
- 9.reputation; name (Classifier: 個／个 c)
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Etymology
Originally a Ideogram (指事) depicting a stalk of a plant 禾 with something drooping. The bottom part of 禾 corrupted into 木, while the extra stroke corrupted into 乃, later simplified into 几. “Hanging from a tree” > “flower” > classifier for flowers. Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(d/n)waj (“to hang from; to cling to; creeper”); see 垂 (OC *djol, “to hang down”) for more (Schuessler, 2007; STEDT). Also compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *kt₂uur (“ear”) (Schuessler, 2007).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
這是朵人造花。
It's an artificial flower.
每朵雲都披著銀衣。
Every cloud has a silver lining.
那朵云对我来说像一只兔子。
That cloud looks like a rabbit to me.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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