运筹
yùn​chóu

plan

运 yùn to move Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 云 represents the sound. Simplified form of 運.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

云
云 Sound component
yún clouds

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

筹 chóu, táo chip Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 寿 represents the sound. Simplified form of 籌.

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

寿
寿 Sound component
shòu old age

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

運 yùn to move Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 軍 represents the sound.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

軍
軍 Sound component
jūn army

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthjunH[ɢ]ʷər-s turn round, move

說文解字

迻徙也。从辵軍聲。

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)

籌 chip Traditional

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

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

壽
壽 Sound component
shòu old age

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdu
Unicodedjhiou

說文解字

壺矢也。从竹壽聲。

Sources

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