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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- ce4
- English meanings
- measure out, conjecture, measure, infer, survey, fathom
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 氵; right 则.
Meaning & sound clues
氵 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “water”.
则 is identified as the sound component (zé). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 测.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
side
measure word (general)
toilet
policy; strategy
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Related words
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- 变幻莫测
- 探测
- 推测
- 揣测
- 检测
- 测定
- 测算
- 测试
- 测量
- 测验
- 猜测
- 监测
- 观测
- 预测