Chinese Character Wiki

畜

chù, xù

livestock

Components
玄 sound component

玄  Sound component

xuán

  

deep

田 meaning component

田  Meaning component

tián

  

field

farm

Evolution

畜 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
畜 Bronze script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Bronze script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
畜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

畜  

chù

livestock, domestic animals; livestock; domesticated animal; domestic animal

畜  

xù

to raise (animals)

Most common words with 畜
Freq.
Word
Meaning

畜

livestock

畜生

brute

牲畜

livestock

畜牧业

animal husbandry

畜牧

to raise animals

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

蓄 搐

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*qʰ<r>uk-s

trhjuwH

chù

domesticated animals

*qʰ<r>uk

trhjuwk

chù

store (v.)

*qʰuk-s

xjuwH

xù

domestic animal

*qʰuk

xjuwk

xù

nourish


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 6.5513% of movies

2189th most common character in movies

2030th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+755C

Shuowen

“畜，田畜也。《淮南子》曰：‘玄田為畜。，’《魯郊禮》畜从田、从茲。茲，益也。”


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