chóu

farmland

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

Components
田 meaning component

  Meaning component

tián

  

field

寿 sound component

寿  Sound component

shòu

  

old age

Evolution

畴 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
畴 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
畴 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
畴 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
畴 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

chóu

farmland, arable land; category; arable fields; cultivated field; class

Most common words with 畴
Freq.
Word
Meaning

范畴

category

class

平畴

level farmland

西畴

Xichou county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[Wén​shān​Zhuàng​zú​Miáo​zú​zì​zhì​zhōu], Yunnan

西畴县

Xichou county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[Wén​shān​Zhuàng​zú​Miáo​zú​zì​zhì​zhōu], Yunnan