楪

dié
noun

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 7-9
Gǔshū lǐ dié shì xiǎo diézi.
In old texts this character is a small dish, an early relative of 碟.

Tips

history
楪 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 木 plus the phonetic 枼 (a thin flat board), the same phonetic that gives the modern 碟 (plate) and 蝶 (butterfly).
register
Classical only; modern Chinese uses 碟子 for a small dish.

Components

radical
木 mù
wood; timber
木 is the wood radical. It marks the material - this dish (and the window sense) were made of wood, distinguishing 楪 from the stone-bound 碟.
phonetic
枼 yè
thin flat board
枼 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 碟, 蝶, and 牒.

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Stroke Order

楪 dié