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zhōu

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zhōu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhōu | zhou1
English translation
week; turn, cycle; anniversary

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About zhōu

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

zhōu

Contains the radical

chuò

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

To walk  chuò in a circle  Zhōu Zhōu also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of zhōu

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

辶周

Explanation

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

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Words with zhōu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Zhōu circle 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

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