畬
shēyú

reclaimed field

An extra 余 field 田; 佘 provides the pronunciation; compare 畲

Components

余
余 Meaning component
yú I
田
田 Meaning component
tián field

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhanghljaː
la
Unicodeshia

說文解字

三歲治田也。《易》曰:“不葘,畬田。”从田余聲。

Sources

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