duǒ

flower

earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc; variant of 朵[duo3]

several (几) + tree (木) = a countable cluster of blooms

Picture a few flowers or blossoms (几, several) hanging off a woody stem (木). The character originally depicted flower clusters, and 几 gestures at the small, countable nature of individual blooms.

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A fewSemantic
WoodSemantic

Words with 朵

耙耳朵

pā ěr duo

(dialect) henpecked

云朵

yún duǒ

a cloud

骨朵

gū duo

(coll.) flower bud

骨朵

gǔ duǒ

club (ancient stick-like weapon with a melon-shaped enlargement at the tip)

朵颐

duǒ yí

(literary) to munch

克利斯朵夫

kè lì sī duǒ fū

Christopher (name)

刚朵拉

gāng duǒ lā

see 貢多拉|贡多拉[gong4 duo1 la1]

咬耳朵

yǎo ěr duo

(coll.) to whisper in sb's ear

咬着耳朵

yǎo zhe ěr duo

whispering in sb's ear

大快朵颐

dà kuài duǒ yí

(idiom) to eat with great relish; to feast on (sth)

扇风耳朵

shān fēng ěr duo

protruding ears

潘朵拉

pān duǒ lā

Pandora

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