鄒
zōu

name of an ancient state

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 芻 represents the sound.

Components

阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

芻
芻 Sound component
mow, cut grass

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsru

說文解字

魯縣，古邾國，帝顓頊之後所封。从邑芻聲。

Sources

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

邹 zōu, jù name of an ancient state Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 刍 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鄒.

Components

阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

刍
刍 Sound component
chú, zōu mow, cut grass

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode