英亩
yīng​mǔ

acre

英 yīng flower

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

央
央 Sound component
yāng beg

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Seal form
Seal Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

瑛

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'jaengʔ<r>aŋ young grass plants

說文解字

艸榮而不實者。一曰黃英。从艸央聲。

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)

亩 mǔ Chinese land measure Simplified

Components

亠
亠 Unknown component
tóu head
田
田 Meaning component
tián field

field

Component uses

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

畝

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

畝 mǔ Chinese land measure Traditional

A man 久 pacing out a plot of land 亩

Components

亩
亩 Meaning component
mǔ Chinese land measure
久
久 Meaning component
jiǔ long time (ago)

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 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-SagartmuwXməʔ (< *mˤoʔ ?)Chinese acre
Zhengzhangmɯʔ
Unicodemǒu

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica