zhōu

play with words

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
yán speech
Sound component
mow, cut grass

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰroːʔ
ʔsru
sʰru

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

zhōu, chōu, chǎo play with words Simplified

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

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

is a component form of .

Sound component
chú, zōu mow, cut grass

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode