Chinese land measure

Components
亠 unknown component

  Unknown component

tóu

  

head

田 meaning component

  Meaning component

tián

  

field

field

Evolution

亩 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
亩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Traditional script

Modern
亩 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

Chinese land measure; fields; classifier for fields; unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare

() 

old variant of |[mǔ]

Most common words with 亩
Freq.
Word
Meaning

classifier for fields

英亩

acre

田亩

field

地亩

area of farmland

公亩

are (1 are = 1⁄100 hectare, or 100 m²)

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)