疇
chóu

farmland

Phonosemantic compound. 田 represents the meaning and 壽 represents the sound.

Components

田
田 Meaning component
tián field
壽
壽 Sound component
shòu old age

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdrjuw[d]ruin the past, yesterday; plowed field
Zhengzhangdu

說文解字

耕治之田也。从田，象耕屈之形。

Sources

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

畴 chóu farmland Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 田 represents the meaning and 寿 represents the sound. Simplified form of 疇.

Components

田
田 Meaning component
tián field
寿
寿 Sound component
shòu old age

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode