Chinese Character 周 Meanings and components.

Form

周

Meaning

周 meaning[3] in English

Surname Zhou.

Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 Bc).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 周 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are radical in Chinese … (冂) , and surname Ji (吉)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with BGR

How to write 周

To write周zhou1surname Zhou you should write a combination of 冂jiong1radical in … , 吉ji2surname Ji arranged in a 回 shape:

冂 + 吉 = 周

周 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 周 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 周, looks as follow:

周
Pinyin:zhou1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Zhou . Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 Bc)
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
吉
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Ji . Abbr. For Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 Lin2 Sheng3]
士
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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