chóu

farmland

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
田 meaning component

  Meaning component

tián

  

field

壽 sound component

  Sound component

shòu

  

old age

Evolution

疇 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
疇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
疇 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
疇 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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chóu

farmland, arable land; category; arable fields; cultivated field; class

Most common words with 疇
Freq.
Word
Meaning

范畴

category

class

平畴

level farmland

西畴

Xichou county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[Wén​shān​Zhuàng​zú​Miáo​zú​zì​zhì​zhōu], Yunnan

西畴县

Xichou county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[Wén​shān​Zhuàng​zú​Miáo​zú​zì​zhì​zhōu], Yunnan

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[d]ru

drjuw

chóu

in the past, yesterday

*[d]ru

drjuw

chóu

plowed field


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2699th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

19

Simplified

Unicode

U+7587

Shuowen

“,耕治之田也。从田,象耕屈之形。,或省。”


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