周 Zhōu

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Traditional form

周 Zhōu

Contains the radical

口 kǒu

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

Border 冂 jiōng around land 土 Tǔ with a well 口 kǒu

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿵冂 jiōng ⿱土口

Explanation

Originally a pictograph of engraved jade, now written as 琱 diāo . 口 kǒu (mouth) indicates that the character is only "mouthed", i.e. only used for its phonetic value. In simplified Chinese 周 Zhōu is also used to mean "week", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is

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“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”

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她 tā 在 zài 中学 zhōng xué 每周 měi zhōu 教 Jiào 一 yī 次 cì 音乐课.

She instructs music once a week at a middle school.

我 wǒ 上周 shàng zhōu 买 mǎi 的 de 这 zhè 双 Shuāng 鞋 xié 已经 yǐjīng 快 kuài 破 pò 了 le .

These shoes I bought last week are already showing signs of wear.

四 sì 周 Zhōu 青山 Qīng shān 突起 tū qǐ , 又 yòu 高 Gāo 又 yòu 陡 dǒu .

All around it rose , high and steep, the green hills.

你 nǐ 想 xiǎng 得 dé 真 zhēn 周到 zhōudào ,寄 jì 给 gěi 我 wǒ 明信片 míng xìn piàn .

It was very considerate of you to send me a postcard.

风 fēng 刮 guā 得 dé 阴冷 yīn lěng 如 rú 冬 dōng —— 四 sì 周 Zhōu 是 shì 一 yī 片 piān 凄凉 qīliáng .

The wind blew bleak as winter - all round was solitary.

Explore 25 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 周 Zhōu in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
周 Zhōu	circle	周 Zhōu
周围 zhōuwéi	surroundings	周圍
上周 shàng zhōu	last week	上周 shàng zhōu
周末 zhōumò	weekend	週末
周年 zhōunián	annual	週年
周五 Zhōu wǔ	Friday	週五
每周 měi zhōu	every week	每週
周边 zhōubiān	rim	周邊
周六 Zhōu liù	Saturday	週六
周一 Zhōu yī	Monday	週一
四周 sì zhōu	all around	四周 sì zhōu
周日 Zhōu rì	Sunday	週日
周期 zhōuqī	period	週期
周二 Zhōu èr	Tuesday	週二
周四 Zhōu sì	Thursday	週四
周三 Zhōu sān	Wednesday	週三
周刊 zhōu kān	weekly	週刊
众所周知 zhòngsuǒzhōuzhī	as everyone knows (idiom)	眾所周知
周恩来 Zhōu Ēn lái	Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), Chinese communist leader, prime minister 1949-1976	周恩來
周到 zhōudào	thoughtful	周到 zhōudào
周杰伦 Zhōu Jié lún	Jay Chou (1979-), Taiwanese pop star	周杰倫
周密 zhōumì	careful	周密 zhōumì
周游 zhōu yóu	to tour	周遊
周转 zhōuzhuǎn	to rotate	周轉
周旋 zhōu xuán	to socialize	周旋 zhōu xuán

See the 3 Chinese characters that make up 周 Zhōu and their own compounds.

周 Zhōu

吉 Jí

士 Shì , 口 kǒu

冂 jiōng

See all 35 Chinese words that contain the character 周 Zhōu in their composition.

周 Zhōu

调 diào , 雕 diāo , 绸 chóu , 凋 diāo , 碉 diāo , 稠 chóu , 鲷 diāo , 倜 tì , 惆 chóu , 啁 zhāo , 婤 zhōu , 琱 diāo , 禂 dǎo , 蜩 tiáo , 裯 chóu , 赒 zhōu , 騆 zhōu , 奝, 徟, 晭, 淍, 皗, 睭, 綢 chóu , 翢, 調 diào , 賙 zhōu , 輖, 週 zhōu , 郮, 錭, 霌, 鯛 diāo , 鵰 diāo