周 — Chinese character
周
zhōu
Zhou dynasty; circumference
- Pinyin
- zhōu
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 冂 土 口
- Formation
- ideographic — Border 冂 around land 土 with a well 口
- Japanese
- 周 as a kanji
Common words with 周
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 周年 (週年) | zhōu nián | anniversary; annual |
| 周围 (周圍) | zhōu wéi | environs; surroundings; periphery |
| 周末 (週末) | zhōu mò | weekend |
| 一周 | yī zhōu | one week; all the way around |
| 周期 (週期) | zhōu qī | period; cycle |
| 周边 (周邊) | zhōu biān | periphery; rim; perimeter; surroundings; (computing) (attributive) peripheral |
| 每周 (每週) | měi zhōu | every week |
| 周刊 (週刊) | zhōu kān | weekly publication; weekly |
| 上周 | shàng zhōu | last week |
| 周日 (週日) | zhōu rì | (dialect) weekday |
| 四周 | sì zhōu | all around |
| 众所周知 (眾所周知) | zhòng suǒ zhōu zhī | (idiom) as everyone knows |
English words written with 周
周 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 21 · Art of War 2 · Mencius 45 · Zhuangzi 51 · Great Learning 1 · Doctrine of the Mean 4
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 25
- Analects 2.14
- Analects 2.23
- Analects 3.14
- Analects 3.21
- Analects 6.3
- Analects 7.5
- Analects 8.11
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