• 490th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 147 words
  • Component in 19 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhōu (Zhou1)surname Zhou • Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC)
2. zhōu (zhou1)to make a circuit • to circle • circle • circumference • lap • cycle • complete • all • all over • thorough • to help financially
3. zhōu (zhou1)week • weekly • variant of 周[zhou1]

Pronunciation Clues

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

Common

周围 (周圍)
周边 (周邊)
周末 (週末)

Uncommon

周杰伦 (周傑倫)
周易 
周星驰 (周星馳)
周岁 (周歲)
周渝民 
周瑜 
周身 
周遭 
四周 
周一 (週一)
周三 (週三)
周二 (週二)
周五 (週五)
周六 (週六)
周刊 (週刊)
周到 (週到)
周四 (週四)
周年 (週年)
周日 (週日)
周期 (週期)
周而复始 (週而復始)

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  • 3633rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 13 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Yu2)abbr. for Chongqing 重慶|重庆 • old name of Jialing river 嘉陵江 in Sichuan

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

不渝 

Uncommon

周渝民 

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  • 113th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.17% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 362 words
  • Component in 8 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. mín (Min2)surname Min
2. mín (min2)the people • nationality • citizen

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

人民 
人民币 (人民幣)
公民 
市民 
民主 
民族 

Uncommon

人民网 (人民網)
全民 
周渝民 
回民 
国民 (國民)
国民党 (國民黨)
国泰民安 (國泰民安)
居民 
平民 
村民 
民俗 
民国 (民國)
民居 
民工 
民心 
民意 
民歌 
民营 (民營)
民生 
民众 (民眾)
民航 
民谣 (民謠)
民警 
民进党 (民進黨)
民间 (民間)
渔民 (漁民)
牧民 
移民 
网民 (網民)
股民 
亲民 (親民)
农民 (農民)
农民工 (農民工)
游民 (遊民)
选民 (選民)

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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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