懂中文 Dong Chinese

畝

mǔ

Chinese land measure

A man 久 pacing out a plot of land 亩

Components
亩 meaning component

亩  Meaning component

mǔ

  

Chinese land measure

久 meaning component

久  Meaning component

jiǔ

  

long time (ago)

Evolution

畝 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
畝 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

亩 (畝) 

mǔ

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

Most common words with 畝
Freq.
Word
Meaning

亩

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)