chóu
dense
Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 周 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[d]riw | drjuw | chóu | dense, thick |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3367th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Unicode | U+7A20 |
Shuowen | “稠,多也。从禾,周聲。” |
Sources
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