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verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to winnow (grain)
  2. 2 to rock; to jolt up and down

Examples

奶奶去掉谷壳
Nǎinai zài bǒ mǐ, qùdiào gǔké.
Grandma is winnowing the rice to remove the husks.
Chuán diānbǒ de hěn lìhai, dàjiā dōu xiǎng tù.
The boat rocked so hard that everyone felt sick.

Tips

usage
The reading is the everyday one: the verb 'to winnow', and the common word 颠簸 (to jolt, bump along). The separate reading appears only in the noun 簸箕 (dustpan).

Components

radical
zhú
bamboo (top form)
Top bamboo radical ⺮, the cap form of . Winnowing uses a bamboo 簸箕 (woven fan-basket), so the bamboo radical names the tool.
semantic
its; that (here a winnowing-basket element)
Under the bamboo top, is the old picture of a winnowing basket (it is the original graph behind ), tying the character directly to the act of winnowing.
phonetic
skin; hide
Right element supplies the sound (pí shifting to bǒ/bò). Same phonetic in and .

Stroke Order