椟 — Chinese character
椟
dú
cabinet, closet, wardrobe
- Pinyin
- dú
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 木 卖
- Formation
- pictophonetic — wood; meaning component 木; sound component 卖
- Traditional
- 櫝
Common words with 椟
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 买椟还珠 (買櫝還珠) | mǎi dú huán zhū | to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside; to show poor judgment (idiom) |
English words written with 椟
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.