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珰

璫
dāng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 pendant ornament; earring
  2. 2 decorated end-tile of a roof eave
  3. 3 eunuch (by association with the cap ornament eunuchs wore)

Examples

她耳上戴着一对玉珰。
Tā ěr shàng dài zhe yíduì yù dāng.
In her ears she wore a pair of jade pendant ornaments.
汉代文献里，权珰指得势的宦官。
Hàndài wénxiàn lǐ, quán dāng zhǐ déshì de huànguān.
In Han texts "powerful eunuch" was sometimes written with the character 珰.

Tips

history
Han-dynasty military eunuchs wore caps decorated with a 珰 and sable tail, so later writers used 珰 as a stand-in for 'eunuch'. It also names the carved disc at the tip of a roof-eave tile.

Components

radical
王 wáng
jade
The jade radical on the left (the side-form of 玉 'jade') marks this as a precious-ornament word — the earring or pendant sense is the original one.
phonetic
当 dāng
to be; ought
Right side 当 gives the reading dāng. In the traditional form 璫 the fuller phonetic 當 is used; the simplified shape contracts it.

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Stroke Order

珰 dāng