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zhóu

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zhóu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhóu | zhou2
English translation
axle, pivot, shaft; axis

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About zhóu

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

zhóu

Contains the radical

chē

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

wheel

Etymology of zhóu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

車由

Semantic compound

chē

Phonetic compound

yóu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Chē represents the meaning and yóu represents the sound. Simplified form of zhóu .

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Words with zhóu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zhóu axis zhóu
轴承 zhóu chéng (mechanical) bearing軸承
卷轴 juàn zhóu scroll (book or painting)卷軸
轴线 zhóu xiàn central axis (line)軸線
车轴 chē zhóu axle車軸
轴心 zhóu xīn axle軸心
主轴 zhǔ zhóu axis主軸
轮轴 lún zhóu axle輪軸
轴距 zhóu jù wheelbase軸距
线轴 xiàn zhóu thread spool線軸
曲轴 qū zhóu crankshaft曲軸
压轴戏 yā zhòu xì climax壓軸戲
转轴 zhuàn zhóu axis of rotation轉軸
连轴转 lián zhóu zhuàn to work non-stop連軸轉
轴心国 Zhóu xīn guó Axis powers (World War II)軸心國
凸轮轴 tū lún zhóu camshaft凸輪軸
同轴 tóng zhóu coaxial同軸
同轴电缆 tóng zhóu diàn lǎn coaxial cable同軸電纜
传动轴 chuán dòng zhóu drive shaft傳動軸
对称轴 duì chèn zhóu axis of symmetry對稱軸
立轴 lì zhóu vertical shaft (of a machine)立軸
半轴 bàn zhóu semiaxis半軸

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