Chinese symbol for “thoughtful”
周到
zhōu dào
thoughtful; considerate; attentive; thorough
The closest CC-CEDICT match for thoughtful is 周到 (zhōu dào), defined as: thoughtful; considerate; attentive; thorough; also pr. [zhou1 dao5].
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “thoughtful”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to |
| 懂事 | dǒng shì | to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world; (esp. of a child) sensible; thoughtful; intelligent |
| 心眼大 | xīn yǎn dà | magnanimous; considerate |
| 大心 | dà xīn | (Tw) considerate; thoughtful (from Taiwanese 貼心, Tai-lo pr. [tah-sim]) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 周到.
| 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 |
| 看到 | kàn dào | to see |
| 得到 | dé dào | to get; to obtain; to receive |
See also: Japanese symbol for “thoughtful”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.