chóu

hesitate

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
foot
Sound component
shòu old age

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdu
Unicodedjhiou

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

chóu hesitate Simplified

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

Components

Meaning component
foot
寿
寿 Sound component
shòu old age

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode