宙 — Chinese character
宙
zhòu
space, time, space-time
- Pinyin
- zhòu
- Radical
- 40 ⼧ (Roof)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 宀 由
- Formation
- pictophonetic — roof - the sky; meaning component 宀; sound component 由
- Japanese
- 宙 as a kanji
Common words with 宙
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宇宙 | yǔ zhòu | universe; cosmos; space |
| 宇宙飞船 (宇宙飛船) | yǔ zhòu fēi chuán | spaceship; spacecraft |
| 宇宙观 (宇宙觀) | yǔ zhòu guān | world view; conception of the universe |
| 宇宙学 (宇宙學) | yǔ zhòu xué | cosmology |
| 宇宙射线 (宇宙射線) | yǔ zhòu shè xiàn | cosmic ray |
| 宇宙速度 | yǔ zhòu sù dù | escape velocity |
| 宇宙线 (宇宙線) | yǔ zhòu xiàn | cosmic ray |
| 元宇宙 | yuán yǔ zhòu | (computing) metaverse |
| 多元宇宙 | duō yuán yǔ zhòu | multiverse (cosmology) |
| 平行宇宙 | píng xíng yǔ zhòu | parallel universe |
| 隐生宙 (隱生宙) | yǐn shēng zhòu | Cryptozoic; geological eon before the appearance of abundant fossils |
English words written with 宙
宙 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 5
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi Knowledge travels North
- Zhuangzi Kêng Sang Ch’u
- Zhuangzi On Declining Power
- Zhuangzi Lieh Tzŭ
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.