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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 周易

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
周易 zhōu yì - another name for Book of Changes (I Ching) 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]

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
- - 70,066 20,139 18,223

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
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]
- surname Yi
- abbr. for 易經|易经[Yi4jing1], the Book of Changes
- easy
- amiable
- to change
- to exchange
- prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible"

Other Words Containing 周易

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
周易 - - 70,066 20,139 18,223