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⿱土口)

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

周 (Yale jau1)

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Japanese

Kanji

周 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

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

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

• IPA: tʂóʊ

• audio

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Hanzi

周 (pinyin zhōu (zhou1), Zhōu (Zhou1), Wade-Giles chou¹, Chou¹)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

周 (*jiou)

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Vietnamese

Han character

周 (chu, châu)