Chinese symbol for “casket”
椟
dú
Traditional: 櫝
cabinet; case; casket
The closest CC-CEDICT match for casket is 椟 (dú), defined as: cabinet; case; casket.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character 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) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “casket”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.