cūn​shú

village school

cūn village

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
tree
Sound component
cùn, cun (hand), inch

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰuːn
Unicodetsuən

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

shú village school

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
earth
Sound component
shú who? which? what? which one?

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdjɯwɢ

說文解字

門側堂也。从土孰聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica