degree; unit of measurement; limit; tolerance; to pass; to spend (time); manner; bearing
度 frames a measuring hand under the shelter side: degrees and temperatures, an attitude (态度), or spending time — 度假.
GF0025–2021 character list · 二级WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE
ZDIC: 形声 — a reduced form of 庶 for the old sound, with 又 (the hand). The frame is the shelter-side 广; the inner 廿 is a written piece.
WHOLE CHARACTER
degree; unit of measurement; limit; tolerance; to pass; to spend (time); manner; bearing
度 frames a measuring hand under the shelter side: degrees and temperatures, an attitude (态度), or spending time — 度假.
ZDIC: 形声 — a reduced form of 庶 for the old sound, with 又 (the hand). The frame is the shelter-side 广; the inner 廿 is a written piece.
OUTER FRAME: THE SHELTER SIDE (NOT THE WORD GUǍNG 'WIDE' HERE)
wide; broad
As a left radical it is a bound shelter-side form; the standalone modern meaning is separate.
In 度: outer frame: the shelter side (not the word guǎng 'wide' here) Shown with its documented or clearly limited role.
INNER PIECE: 廿 OVER THE HAND 又
Notice this part of the shape; it is not taught as a separate word in this lesson.
In 度: inner piece: 廿 over the hand 又 Shown with its documented or clearly limited role.
Literary reading kept for set compounds such as 揣度.
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