胄 — Chinese character
胄
zhòu
helmet; descendant
- Pinyin
- zhòu
- Radical
- 130 ⾁ (Meat)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 由
- Formation
- pictographic — A man ⺼ wearing a helmet 由
- Japanese
- 胄 as a kanji
Common words with 胄
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 甲胄 | jiǎ zhòu | armor |
| 贵胄 (貴胄) | guì zhòu | descendants of feudal aristocrats |
| 世胄 | shì zhòu | hereditary house; noble or official family |
| 介胄 | jiè zhòu | armor |
| 胄子 | zhòu zǐ | eldest son |
| 胄甲 | zhòu jiǎ | helmet and armor |
| 胄裔 | zhòu yì | descendants |
| 裔胄 | yì zhòu | descendants; offspring |
| 遐胄 | xiá zhòu | distant descendants |
| 远胄 (遠胄) | yuǎn zhòu | distant descendants |
胄 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Art of War 1
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.