惆
chóu

distressed

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 周 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

周
周 Sound component
zhōu cycle

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangtʰɯw
Unicodetjiou

說文解字

失意也。从心周聲。

Sources

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