椟
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Meaning: cabinet
💡 Think 'dú' sounds like 'do' – do put your treasures in a wooden cabinet.
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Character Story & Explanation
椟 (dú) means 'cabinet' or 'casket', often a wooden container for storing valuables. It appears in the idiom 买椟还珠 (mǎi dú huán zhū), meaning 'buy the casket and return the pearl' – a metaphor for focusing on the superficial and missing the substance. The radical 木 (wood) hints at its material.
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