雠
chóuqiú

enemy

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 雔 represents the sound.

Components

雔
雔 Sound component
chóu match, collate
讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

讎 enemy Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 雔 represents the sound.

Components

雔
雔 Sound component
chóu match, collate
言
言 Meaning component
yán speech

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzyuw[d]u pay back; enemy

說文解字

《說文》：“讎，猶也。从言，雔聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)