Chinese Character 週 Meanings and components.

Form

週

Meaning

週 meaning[3] in English

Week.

Weekly.

Variant Of 周[Zhou1].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 週 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to walk (side … (辶) , and surname Zhou (周)

Its radical[1] is: 辵 (chuo4) which means: To Walk (Side Part Of Split Character), .辵chuo4to walk …

In cangjie it is written with YBGR

How to write 週

To write週zhou1week you should write a combination of 辶chuo4to walk … , 周zhou1surname Zhou arranged in a 吅 shape:

辶 + 周 = 週

週 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

週
Pinyin:zhou1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Week . Weekly . Variant Of 周[Zhou1]
辶
Pinyin:chuo4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Walk (Side Part Of Split Character)
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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