Including the word "Zhou" in the dictionary, it is also "earth" rather than "scholar". In the published copybooks, there are two ways to write "Zhou": "Tu" and "Shi". But to be honest, many copybooks are made according to the writing style of a calligrapher. Calligraphers sometimes care more about the beauty of words than right or wrong.
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"Chongwen" means that two words have the same pronunciation but different writing methods, such as "Feng" and "Feng". Judging from the shape of this essay, the word "Zhou" should be "earth" rather than "scholar".
Nowadays, mobile phones and computers are used more and more, and forgetting words is also common. After digging out the dictionary, I found that Zhou Zi was rubbish. Many netizens said, Did I write Zhou Zi wrong for decades?
In addition, the word "Zhou" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions is very long, which was described by later generations as: "The mouth is like a field, and the buildings are criss-crossed, which seems to be planted in the field." It can also be judged from this description that the original meaning of this word is related to "earth" and has nothing to do with "scholar".