畴 meaning and stroke order
Field, farmland; class, category
How to write 畴, stroke by stroke
12 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 畴
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- arable fields
- cultivated field
- class
- category
How 畴 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Farm.
田 gives the meaning and 寿 hints at the sound.
Radical: 田 (field), shared by 46 characters on this site.
How to remember 畴
畴 combines 田 (field) on the left with 寿 (shòu, long life) on the right as a sound hint. Picture a field 田 that has been farmed for a long life 寿, divided into neat plots, and later into neat categories.
Today 畴 almost always appears in the word 范畴 (fànchóu), meaning category or scope, often in academic or formal writing. The farmland sense survives mainly in literary phrases like 田畴 (tiánchóu). Example: 这个问题不属于法律范畴。(Zhège wèntí bù shǔyú fǎlǜ fànchóu.) This issue does not fall within the scope of law.
Common mistake: Learners often read 畴 as shòu because of the 寿 component, but it is chóu with a rising second tone. It is also easy to confuse with 筹 (chóu, to plan), which has the same sound and the same 寿 part but a bamboo top 竹 instead of 田 on the left.
Common words with 畴
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 范畴 | fànchóu | category | HSK 7-9 |
畴 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 畴
How many strokes are in 畴?
畴 is written with 12 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 畴 mean?
畴 (chóu) means field, farmland; class, category. A common word with it is 范畴 (fànchóu), meaning "category".
How do you pronounce 畴?
畴 is pronounced chóu, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 畴?
The radical of 畴 is 田, which carries the idea of "field". Dictionaries list 畴 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 畴?
The traditional form of 畴 is 疇. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 畴 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 畴 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 畴 is part of the HSK 7-9 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
Is 畴 used on its own in modern Chinese?
Rarely. In everyday modern Chinese it lives inside compounds, especially 范畴. Using 畴 alone to mean field sounds classical or poetic.
What is the difference between 范畴 and 类别?
类别 (lèibié) is a plain word for a type or class of things, like product categories. 范畴 is more abstract and formal, used for conceptual categories or the scope of a field of study, such as 哲学范畴 (philosophical category).