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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
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]

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
- 2 375 332 354

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

Border 冂 around land 土 with a well 口

Other Words Containing

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
- 2 375 332 354
周末 3 2 1,268 - -
周围 4 3 1,442 1,858 2,426
上周 - 2 1,722 2,977 4,897
每周 - - 2,845 4,706 3,922
周五 - - 2,965 3,656 2,619
周六 - - 3,146 6,096 3,013
周年 6 2 4,224 2,709 2,362
周日 - - 4,249 6,602 3,719
周二 - - 4,959 5,859 4,798
四周 - 5 5,066 5,483 9,744
周四 - - 5,204 5,939 4,427
周一 - - 5,826 4,031 2,650
周三 - - 7,061 5,693 4,478
周刊 - - 8,374 7,604 11,376
周到 5 7 8,683 13,222 14,441
周边 6 8 9,843 2,916 4,228
众所周知 6 8 10,355 9,671 18,723
周游 - - 11,575 24,464 20,772
周期 6 5 12,172 3,976 9,203
周全 - - 16,559 24,285 24,567
周密 6 8 16,733 14,426 28,772
周旋 - 8 17,324 20,272 27,365
周折 6 - 20,363 20,602 32,961
周详 - - 24,522 53,272 57,709
周转 6 - 24,534 14,560 33,656
周薪 - - 28,585 - -
不周 - - 28,608 - -
周期表 - - 29,186 - -
周岁 - - 29,965 33,514 21,859
圆周率 - - 31,883 60,408 37,798
周期性 - - 31,974 16,988 29,571
周身 - - 35,372 20,675 19,415
周而复始 - - 36,112 38,646 24,074
周报 - - 36,581 19,634 22,930
周长 - - 36,845 35,374 44,371
圆周 - - 37,368 47,260 47,817
周润发 - - 43,793 37,454 65,086
周公 - - 48,030 24,508 12,460
周波 - - 52,452 89,862 -
周章 - - 52,500 - -
周济 - - 58,737 40,180 89,192
西周 - - 68,450 29,561 39,558
周易 - - 70,066 20,139 18,223
周天 - - 73,446 26,824 28,496
牙周炎 - - 75,623 - -
牙周病 - - 76,164 55,928 63,331