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tiǎo
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Definitions

tiǎo quiet and secluded; gentle, graceful, and elegant

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 兆 represents the sound.

Semantic: 穴 Phonetic: 兆

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Seal etymology image
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical etymology image
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
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Related Characters

Component: 兆

逃 跳 挑 桃 兆 姚 眺 晁 佻 洮 鼗 祧 铫 鮡

Component: 穴

空 究 突 穿 窗 穷 窝 窃 窄 窑 帘 窜 窥 窦

Components

兆 穴

Example Words

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