懂中文 Dong Chinese

胄

zhòu

helmet

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 由 represents the sound. Originally written as 由, which depicts a helmet worn by warriors.

Components
由 sound,iconic component

由  Sound Iconic component

yóu

  

cause

Depicts a kind of helmet worn by warriors.

⺼ meaning component

⺼  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

Evolution

胄 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
胄 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

胄  

zhòu

helmet, headpiece; descendant; helmet; descendants

Most common words with 胄
Freq.
Word
Meaning

胄

helmet

甲胄

armor

贵胄

descendants of feudal aristocrats

华胄

(literary) Han people