邹

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surname Zou; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC) in the southeast of Shandong

7 strokes Dict coverage rank #3,354 U+90B9

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

阝 (semantic, “place”) + 刍 (phonetic, chú)

components: 刍阝

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 刍

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 刍 (chú) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
刍 sound component	chú	to mow, to cut grass; hay, fodder
急	jí	anxious, worried; hasty, quick; pressing, urgent
趋	qū	to hurry, to hasten; to approach, to be attracted to
皱	zhòu	wrinkles, creases, folds
雏	chú	chick, fledging; infant, toddler
诌	zhōu	to quip, to play with words, to talk nonsense
驺	zōu	mounted escort; groom
绉	zhòu	crepe, imitation silk; wrinkles, creases

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
邹平市	Zōu píng Shì	Zouping, a county-level city in Binzhou City 濱州市\|滨州市[Bin1 zhou1 Shi4], Shandong
邹城市	Zōu chéng Shì	Zoucheng, a county-level city in Jining City 濟寧市\|济宁市[Ji3 ning2 Shi4], Shandong
邹县	Zōu xiàn	Zou county in Shandong
邹平	Zōu píng	see 鄒平市\|邹平市[Zou1 ping2 Shi4]
邹城	Zōu chéng	see 鄒城市\|邹城市[Zou1 cheng2 Shi4]
邹族	Zōu zú	Tsou or Cou, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
邹容	Zōu Róng	Zou Rong (1885-1905), a martyr of the anti-Qing revolution, died in jail in 1905
邹衍	Zōu Yǎn	Zou Yan (305-240 BC), founder of the School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-…
邹韬奋	Zōu Tāo fèn	Zou Taofen (1895-1944), journalist, political theorist and publisher