畴 chóu field
field; farmland; class; category
How to remember 畴: 田 field + 寿 old age = field. Grandpa has worked the same field since he was a boy, and even in old age he walks each morning across his beloved field.
Component breakdown
畴 = 田 field + 寿 old age
- 田 field
- 寿 old age
Grandpa has worked the same field since he was a boy, and even in old age he walks each morning across his beloved field.
How it is used
- Farmland, and category/class - chiefly 范畴 (fànchóu): a category/domain/scope - 属于哲学范畴 (shǔyú zhéxué fànchóu) falling within the domain of philosophy.
- 田畴 (tiánchóu) means (poetically) fields. Formal/abstract in the 范畴 sense.