chóu

enemy

Two birds  exchanging angry words  provides the pronunciation

Components
雔 sound component

  Sound component

chóu

  

match, collate

讠 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

Evolution

雠 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
雠 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
雠 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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chóu

enemy, rival, opponent; to collate; to proofread; variant of [chóu]