district

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
土 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

earth

或 sound component

  Sound component

huò

  

or

Evolution

域 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
域 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
域 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

district, region, boundary; land; field; region; area; domain (taxonomy)

Most common words with 域
Freq.
Word
Meaning

区域

area

领域

domain

field

地域

area

海域

sea area