周

See also: 週, 調, 调, and 固

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

周 (radical 30 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月土口 (BGR), four-corner 7722₀, composition ⿵⺆𠮷)

1. Zhou Dynasty
2. circumference
3. a Chinese surname
4. week

References

• KangXi: page 181, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3441
• Dae Jaweon: page 400, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 606, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5468

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		周

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōu (zhou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chiu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄡ
    • Wade-Giles: chou¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jou
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau¹
    • Yale: jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiu
    • Tâi-lô: tsiu
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiu³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (周, reconstructed)
Character (周), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 章 (23) Final: 尤 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 職流切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/t͡ɕɨu/	/t͡ɕi̯ə̯u/	/t͡ɕiu/	/t͡ɕiu/	/cuw/	/t͡ɕĭəu/	/t͡ɕiəu/

Old Chinese pronunciation (周, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
周								zhōu								‹ tsyuw ›								/*tiw/								Zhōu (dynasty and place)
周								zhōu								‹ tsyuw ›								/*tiw/								cycle; all around
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
周					17531					周					幽					2					周					/*tjɯw/					甲金文象田間稼密，爲稠初文

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Japanese

Kanji

周

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. circumference
2. circuit
3. lap

Readings

• Goon: しゅ (shu), す (su)
• Kan’on: しゅう (shū)
• Kun: まわり (mawari), あまねし (amaneshi), めぐる (meguru)

Compounds

• 周波数 - frequency

Counter

周 (hiragana しゅう, romaji -shū)

1. laps or circuits

Proper noun

周 (hiragana まこと, romaji Makoto)

1. A male given name
2. Zhou dynasty

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Korean

Hanja

周 (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune-Reischauer chu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

周 (chu, châu)

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