庄稼户
zhuāng​jia​hù

landowner

庄 zhuāng village, farmstead Simplified

Simplified form of 莊. Depicts buildings (广) on the ground (土).

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof
土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth

Component uses

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

脏桩赃

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbreːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

稼 jia sow grain

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 家 represents the sound.

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk
家
家 Sound component
jiā, jia house

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkæHkˤra-sgrain; sow (v.)
Zhengzhangkraːs

說文解字

禾之秀實爲稼，莖節爲禾。从禾家聲。一曰稼，家事也。一曰在野曰稼。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

户 hù, hu door Simplified

Variant of 戶. Pictograph of a door, similar to the left half of 門.

Component uses

Meaning (4 of 14 verified)

房居层屏扇庐扉牖扃綮扆啓層扂

Sound (3 of 10 verified)

护雇炉芦驴妒沪庐扈戽

Iconic (5)

启扁戾𢻻啟

Historical Pronunciations

Middle Chinese
Unicodehǒ

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.833
Readings & variants
Unicode

莊 zhuāng village, farmstead Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 壯 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

壯
壯 Sound component
zhuàng big, strong

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Spring and Autumn ~600 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsrjang[ts]raŋ dignified, grave

說文解字

《說文》：“莊，上諱。，古文莊。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

戶 hù, hu door Traditional

Pictograph of a door, similar to the left half of 門.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Iconic (2)

仓倉

Sound (1)

所

Simplified (1)

仓

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthuXm-qˤaʔ to stop, to check
huXm-qˤaʔ door

說文解字

《說文》：“戶，護也。半門曰戶，象形。，古文戶从木。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.833
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)