zhǒng​chù

breeding stock

zhǒng, zhòng seed Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
grain stalk
Sound component
zhōng, zhòng central

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangduŋ

Sources

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Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica

chù, xù livestock

Components

Sound component
xuán, xuàn black
Meaning component
tián field

farm

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Qin 221-206 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

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttrhjuwHqʰ<r>uk-sdomesticated animals
trhjuwkqʰ<r>ukstore (v.)
xjuwHqʰuk-sdomestic animal
xjuwkqʰuknourish
Zhengzhangl̥ʰuɡs
l̥ʰuɡ
hluɡ

說文解字

田畜也。《淮南子》曰:“玄田爲畜。”

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Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica

zhǒng, zhòng seed Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
grain stalk
Sound component
zhòng, chóng heavy

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyowngXk.toŋʔ seed
tsyowngH(mə-)toŋʔ-s sow (v.)

說文解字

《說文》:“種,先穜後孰也。从禾,重聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica