chóu

companion

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangduːs
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Unicodedjhiou

說文解字

翳也。从人壽聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

chóu, dào companion Simplified

Someone  with you all your life 寿寿 also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
rén person
寿
寿 SoundMeaning component
shòu old age

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode