Chinese mnemonics and annotator
Matthews
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周 zhōu week
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#540
Chapter-29 HSK-A
8 strokes
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Compositions
Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles
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Chou is composed of 口 k'ou mouth as radical, with 用 yung to use , and originally meant close, dense, as population, etc. It is here the name of the dynasty which was really founded by 文王 King Wên, though he never mounted the throne, the first sovereign being his son 武王 King Wu, B.C. 1122—1115. The Book of Changes now in vogue is attributed to the pen of the father, who began with the Diagram for heaven. |
Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)
周
zhōu
to make a circuit/to circle/circle/circumference/lap/cycle/complete/all/all over/thorough/to help financially/surname Zhou/Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC)
周
週
zhōu
week/weekly/variant of 周[zhou1]
Phrases ending with the given character
夏xià
商shāng
周zhōu
Xia, Shang and Zhou, the earliest named Chinese dynasties
东東dōng
西西xī
周周zhōu
Eastern Zhou (1046-771 BC) and Western Zhou (770-221 BC)
神神shén
圣聖shèng
周週zhōu
Holy week/Easter week (esp. Catholic)
黄黃huáng
金金jīn
周週zhōu
Golden Week, two 7-day national holiday periods