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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 北周

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
北周 běi zhōu - the Northern Zhou Dynasty (557-581)
- one of the Northern Dynasties

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 51,321 95,737

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
běi- north
- (classical) to be defeated
zhōu- surname Zhou
- Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC)
zhōu- to make a circuit
- to circle
- circle
- circumference
- lap
- cycle
- complete
- all
- all over
- thorough
- to help financially
zhōu- week
- weekly
- variant of 周[zhou1]

Other Words Containing 北周

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo