dié
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (classical) a small wooden dish
  2. 2 (classical) a window or window-leaf

Examples

Gǔshū lǐ dié shì xiǎo dié zi.
In old texts this character is a small dish, an early relative of 碟.

Tips

history
is not used in modern Chinese; it is a classical word for a small (wooden) dish, and by extension a window-leaf. It is the wood radical plus the phonetic (a thin flat board), the same phonetic that gives the modern (plate) and (butterfly).
register
Classical only; modern Chinese uses for a small dish.

Components

radical
wood; timber
is the wood radical. It marks the material — this dish (and the window sense) were made of wood, distinguishing from the stone-bound .
phonetic
thin flat board (phonetic)
pictures a thin flat slip and gives the sound (yè drifted to dié) plus a hint of flatness, fitting a shallow dish. It is the phonetic in , , and .

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Stroke Order

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