周
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to make a circuit; to circle; circle; circumference; lap; cycle; complete; all; all over; thorough; to help financially
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #399 U+5468
How 周 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Border 冂 around land 土 with a well 口
How to remember it
circumference · Heisig RSH #333
lidded crock + helmet — as a component also called: lap
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 周 as their sound component
These characters all use 周 (zhōu) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 周 sound component | zhōu | Zhou dynasty; circumference |
| 调 | tiáo | tune, melody, key; to transfer, to exchange |
| 雕 | diāo | to carve, to engrave; eagle, vulture |
| 绸 | chóu | silk cloth, satin damask |
| 稠 | chóu | crowded, dense; viscous, thick |
| 凋 | diāo | withered, fallen; exhausted |
| 赒 | zhōu | to give to charity; to give alms |
| 鲷 | diāo | porgy; Pagrosomus major |
| 啁 | zhōu | to chirp, to twitter |
| 惆 | chóu | distressed, regretful, sad |
| 碉 | diāo | watchtower |
| 椆 | chóu | a species of tree resistant to cold weather |
| 蜩 | tiáo | cicada, broad locust |
Words containing 周
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不周山 | Bù zhōu Shān | Buzhou Mountain, a mountain from Chinese legend |
| 周口市 | Zhōu kǒu Shì | Zhoukou, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省[He2 nan2 Sheng3] |
| 周转不开 | zhōu zhuǎn bù kāi | to have financial difficulties; unable to make ends meet |
| 周作人 | Zhōu Zuò rén | Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967), brother of Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4], academic in Japanese and Greek… |
| 周有光 | Zhōu Yǒu guāng | Zhou Youguang (1906-2017), PRC linguist, considered the father of Hanyu Pinyin 漢語拼音|汉语拼音[H… |
| 周日运动 | zhōu rì yùn dòng | (astronomy) diurnal motion |
| 太阳黑子周 | tài yáng hēi zǐ zhōu | sunspot cycle |
| 林周县 | Lín zhōu Xiàn | Lhünzhub, a county in Lhasa City 拉薩市|拉萨市[La1 sa4 Shi4], Tibet |
| 黄金周 | huáng jīn zhōu | Golden Week, two 7-day national holiday periods |
| 东西周 | Dōng Xī Zhōu | Western Zhou (1045-771 BC) and Eastern Zhou (770-256 BC) |
| 开发周期 | kāi fā zhōu qī | development cycle; development period; also written 開發週期|开发周期 |
| 开发周期 | kāi fā zhōu qī | development cycle; development period |
| 不周 | bù zhōu | not satisfactory; thoughtless; inconsiderate |
| 一周 | yī zhōu | one week; all the way around; a whole cycle |
| 周一 | Zhōu yī | Monday |
| 周转金 | zhōu zhuǎn jīn | revolving fund; working capital; petty cash; turnover |
| 周中 | zhōu zhōng | weekday; midweek |
| 周天 | Zhōu tiān | Sunday |
| 上周 | shàng zhōu | last week |
| 周会 | zhōu huì | weekly meeting; weekly assembly |