Taxonomy of meanings for 疇:　　

  • 疇 chóu (OC: du MC: ɖiu) 直由切 平 廣韻：【誰也等也壅也田疇也又疇昔説文作𤲮耕治之田也 】
    • ACCOMPANY
      • nadNaccompanying
    • CATEGORY
      • nabmetaphysicalnatural group; (ERYA: classificatory category) ZGC 夫物各有疇 "all things belong to groups"
    • FIELD
      • nregularly demarkated field, particularly a good and productive field, according to LIJI commentators specifically a field on which hemp is grown; field
    • FRIEND
      • npartner or companion of the same rank or generation
      • nfigurativeliterary companion pieceCH
    • GROUP
      • ncluster
      • nadVin clusters (as shrubs growing together); in groups
    • WHO
      • nprorhetorical questionwho?
    • BOUNDARY
      • TILL
      • EQUAL
        • CALCULATE
          • PAST
            • HEIR
              • STATES
                • SURNAMES
                  • = 酬

                  Additional information about 疇

                  說文解字:

                    Criteria
                  • CATEGORY

                    1. The general current word for the abstract notion of a category of any kind is lèi 類.

                    2. Shǔ 屬 construes a category as something that concrete things belong to or belong under, and the term is not abstract in force.

                    3. Zhǒng 種 "kind" emphasises the common origin and derives from the biological notion of a species, and the term often refers specifically to the kinds of grain.

                    4. Chóu 疇 "natural group a thing belongs to" is not really a logical term of classification but essentially a term belonging to the sociology of animals.

                  • FIELD

                    1. The current general word for a cultivated field of any kind is tián 田.

                    2. Qí 畦 refers to a rectangular bounded patch of land prepared for intensive agricultural cultivation.

                    3. Chóu 疇 refers to regularly marked-out fields ready for cultivation.

                    4. Jī 畸 is said to refer to irregularly marked-out fields ready for cultivation.

                    5. Chán 廛 is said to refer to the small plot of land cultivated by an individual family.

                    6. Wò 沃 fertile low-lying land suitable for irrigation or naturally wet.

                  • GROUP

                    1. The current general term for a group is qún 群.

                    2. Chóu 疇 refers to a cluster of things, typically plants.

                    Word relations
                  • Assoc: (FIELD)田/FIELD The current general word for a cultivated field of any kind is tián 田.