籀
zhòu

recite

A hand 扌 writing 留 with a bamboo ⺮ brush

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo
扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand
留
留 Meaning component
liú to stay

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl'ɯwɢs

Sources

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