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zōu

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zōu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zōu | zou1
English translation
an ancient state; surname

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About zōu

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

zōu

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

place

Etymology of zōu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

芻阝

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

chú

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and chú represents the sound. Simplified form of zōu .

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Words with zōu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zōu surname Zou zōu
邹平 Zōu píng Zouping county in Binzhou 濱州|滨州 Bīn zhōu [Bīn​zhōu], Shandong鄒平
邹韬奋 Zōu Tāo fèn Zou Taofen (1895-1944), journalist, political theorist and publisher鄒韜奮
邹城 Zōu chéng Zoucheng county level city in Jining 濟寧|济宁 Jǐ níng [Jǐ​níng], Shandong鄒城
邹城市 Zōu chéng Shì Zoucheng county level city in Jining 濟寧|济宁 Jǐ níng [Jǐ​níng], Shandong鄒城市
邹容 Zōu Róng Zou Rong (1885-1905), a martyr of the anti-Qing revolution, died in jail in 1905鄒容
邹平县 Zōu píng xiàn Zouping county in Binzhou 濱州|滨州 Bīn zhōu [Bīn​zhōu], Shandong鄒平縣
邹衍 Zōu Yǎn Zou Yan (305-240 BC), founder of the School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)鄒衍
邹县 Zōu xiàn Zou county in Shandong鄒縣

zōu Decomposition & Compounds

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