冶
Meanings
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- 1.to smelt
- 2.to cast
- 3.seductive in appearance
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Wiktionary
- 1.to smelt (metal)
- 2.smelter (someone who casts metal)
- 3.smelting furnace
- 4.smelter (a place where smelting or casting is done)
- 5.seductive; bewitching
- 6.a surname
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 呂 (“metal ingots”) + 刀 (“ladle”) + 口 (“a decorative component”) — to cast metal. The ingots have simplified into 冫 (compare 金 where they appear as 丷) and the 刀 and 口 have combined together, forming the phonetic component 台 (OC *l̥ʰɯː, *l'ɯː, *l'ɯː, *lɯ).
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