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Kanji Detail for 疇 - "furrow, field, kind, before, equal"

  • Meaning

    疇 means "furrow, field, kind, before, equal."

    1. Furrow - A plowed row in a field.

    2. Field - A hemp field.

    3. Kind - A type; a class; a group; associates.

    4. Before - Formerly; in the past.

    5. Equal - Equivalent.

    6. Who - Which person.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    before; companion; same kind

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    farmland, arable land; category

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    arable fields; cultivated field; class; category

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    field, farmland; class, category

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Fields. In compound form also called 田疇. | Who. Such as calling past events 疇昔. Cannot specify which day but speaking generally. Like colloquially saying "that day." | When family occupations are passed down through generations is called 疇. Ancient astronomy and mathematics were all the duties of Grand Scribes and were hereditary occupations. Hence mathematicians are called 疇人. | Category. At the beginning of Zhou, Jizi told King Wu about the great laws of heaven and earth. Divided into nine categories. Called 洪範九疇 (Great Plan, Nine Categories). Seen in (Book of Documents). Because these were Jizi's words, it is also called 箕疇.
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