畴

chóu

arable fields

cultivated field; class; category

field (田) + sound (寿) = cultivated fields and categories

田 anchors the meaning in cultivated land, which naturally extends to categories or classes of things grouped together. 寿 mainly contributes the sound chóu and does not carry a semantic role here.

田+寿→畴

寿LongevityPhonetic

田FieldSemantic

这两个问题属于不同的范畴。

zhè liǎng gè wèntí shǔyú bù tóng de fànchóu。

These two questions belong to different categories.

这件事已经超出了我的专业范畴。

zhè jiàn shì yǐjīng chāochū le wǒ de zhuānyè fànchóu。

This matter has already gone beyond my professional field.

Words with 畴

寻来范畴

xún lái fàn chóu

(math.) derived category

平畴

píng chóu

level farmland

范畴

fàn chóu

More characters with 田

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