懂中文 Dong Chinese

塾

shú

village school

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 孰 represents the sound.

Components
土 meaning component

土  Meaning component

tǔ

  

earth

孰 sound component

孰  Sound component

shú

  

who? which? what? which one?

Evolution

塾 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
塾 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

塾  

shú

village school; private tutorage; private school

Most common words with 塾
Freq.
Word
Meaning

私塾

private school (in former times)

塾

private school

村塾

rural school