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冑

zhòu
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 helmet (worn in battle)
  2. 2 descendant; offspring

Examples

古代士兵披甲戴冑上战场。
Gǔdài shìbīng pī jiǎ dài zhòu shàng zhànchǎng.
Ancient soldiers wore armor and a helmet into battle.
他是名门贵冑的后代。
Tā shì míngmén guì zhòu de hòudài.
He is a descendant of an old noble family.

Tips

usage
冑 is a variant of 胄, used today mostly in literary or historical writing. It has two senses: a battle helmet (paired with 甲 armor as 甲冑), and a noble's descendant (贵冑 = scions of the nobility).

Components

radical
⺼ ròu
flesh; body (radical form of 肉)
The bottom is the flesh radical ⺼, the body-form of 肉. Tying the character to the human line, it underpins the 'descendant; bloodline' sense.
phonetic
由 yóu
from; cause (here phonetic)
The top 由 supplies the sound that shifted to zhòu. Sitting above the flesh element, it carries the reading rather than meaning.

Stroke Order

冑 zhòu