畬

Information about character(s)

Radical: 田
Radical Strokes: 5
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 12
Variants: 畭

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yú, shē
Cantonese: jyu4 se1
JapaneseKun: ARATA
JapaneseOn: YO

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: reclaimed field

CE-Dict: cultivated field

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a Chinese family name

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《田部》畬三歲治田也。《易》曰：「不葘，畬田。」从田余聲。

康熙字典文字版 【午集上】【田字部】畬
〔古文〕𤰩【唐韻】以諸切，音余。【說文】三歲治田也。【易·无妄】不耕穫，不葘畬。【詩·周頌】如何新畬。【傳】一歲曰甾，二歲曰新田，三歲曰畬。【禮·坊記引易不葘畬鄭註】田一歲曰葘，二歲曰畬，三歲曰新。【詩詁】一歲爲葘，始反草也。二歲爲畬，漸和柔也。三歲爲新田，謂已成田而尚新也。四歲則曰田。若二歲曰新田，三歲則爲田矣，何名爲畬。【正字通】據此則詩傳，爾雅，說文謂三歲爲畬。皆不足信。當從鄭註。　又【集韻】羊茹切，音豫。治田也。或書作畭。　又詩車切，音奢。火種也。

CF-Dict: She