• 490th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 42 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhōu (zhou1)week • weekly • variant of 周[zhou1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhōu (zhou1)The component is pronounced as 'zhōu' (zhou1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhōu (zhou1)The component is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

周末 (週末)
周边 (週邊)

Uncommon

周一 (週一)
周三 (週三)
周二 (週二)
周五 (週五)
周六 (週六)
周刊 (週刊)
周四 (週四)
周年 (週年)
周日 (週日)
周期 (週期)

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  • 226th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 225 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (si4)four • 4

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

十四 
四十 
四射 
四川 
四月 
四处 (四處)
星期四 
周四 (週四)

Uncommon

不三不四 
丢三落四 (丟三落四)
五四 
五湖四海 
四下 
四世同堂 
四人帮 (四人幫)
四分之一 
四分五裂 
四十多 
四合院 
四周 
四季 
四季豆 (四季荳)
四川省 
四平 
四方 
四会 (四會)
四月份 
四溅 (四濺)
四环素 (四環素)
四维 (四維)
四肢 
四起 
四通八达 (四通八達)
四面 
四面八方 
大四 
挑三拣四 (挑三揀四)
新四军 (新四軍)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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