Chinese symbol for “weekday”
周中
zhōu zhōng
weekday; midweek
The closest CC-CEDICT match for weekday is 周中 (zhōu zhōng), defined as: weekday; midweek.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
中 zhōng
central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Ch
radical 2 ⼁ · 4 strokes
Other Chinese words for “weekday”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 周日 (週日) | zhōu rì | (dialect) weekday |
| 工作日 | gōng zuò rì | workday; working day |
| 平常日 | píng cháng rì | weekday |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 周中.
| 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 |
| 其中 | qí zhōng | among; in |
| 中心 | zhōng xīn | center; heart; core |
See also: Japanese symbol for “weekday”.
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.