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畴

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arable fields; cultivated field; class; category

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
12
Radical
田 +7
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
疇
Common rank
#3,763
Unicode
U+7574

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Formation & memory

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How 畴 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

田 meaning “farm” + 寿 sound ( shòu )

Components 田 寿

How to remember it

farmland · Heisig RSH #2576

田 rice field + long, gray, beard

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 畴

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
西畴县 Xī chóu Xiàn Xichou, a 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[Wen2…
导出范畴 dǎo chū fàn chóu (math.) derived category
范畴论 fàn chóu lùn category theory (math.)
西畴 Xī chóu see 西疇縣|西畴县[Xi1 chou2 Xian4]
平畴 píng chóu level farmland; well-cultivated land
范畴 fàn chóu category

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 寿 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
寿 sound part shòu old age, longevity; lifespan
筹 chóu chip, tally, token; to plan; to raise money
祷 dǎo to pray, to entreat, to beg; prayer
铸 zhù to melt, to cast; to mint, to coin
涛 tāo large waves
踌 chóu to falter, to hesitate; smug, self-satisfied
焘 dào to shine, to illuminate; to cover, to envelop
帱 chóu to cover up; curtain
梼 táo wood block; idiot, blockhead