measure

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

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

则 sound component

  Sound component

  

rule

Evolution

测 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
测 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
测 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
测 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
测 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

measure, estimate, conjecture; to survey; to measure; to conjecture

Most common words with 测
Freq.
Word
Meaning

测试

test

检测

to detect

to survey

预测

to forecast

监测

to monitor