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
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 胄
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
helmet | ||
armor | ||
descendants of feudal aristocrats | ||
(literary) Han people |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4268th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+80C4 |
Shuowen | “胄，胤也。从肉，由聲。” |
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