Read Edit View history Discussion 周 zhōu HSK2 cycle Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a carved jade object, now written as 彫/琱. The meaning later shifted to "circumference" and "cycle". Later the 口 component was added when 周 was used to refer to a geographical region to indicate that the character was only "mouthed", i.e. used for its sound. In simplified Chinese 周 is also used to mean "week", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 週. Pinyin Separate values with commas zhōu × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a jade object that has been carved. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 周 Simp strokes 周 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 周 Simp strokes 周 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 周 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 245, 760 ], [ 278, 732 ], [ 288, 703 ], [ 287, 525 ], [ 269, 357 ], [ 244, 262 ], [ 208, 168 ], [ 149, 61 ], [ 128, 35 ] ], [ [ 312, 751 ], [ 338, 733 ], [ 355, 733 ], [ 594, 771 ], [ 706, 782 ], [ 741, 773 ], [ 771, 744 ], [ 783, 223 ], [ 780, 102 ], [ 759, 49 ], [ 703, 65 ], [ 634, 99 ] ], [ [ 393, 571 ], [ 445, 567 ], [ 543, 583 ], [ 553, 590 ], [ 615, 602 ], [ 649, 601 ] ], [ [ 480, 700 ], [ 515, 670 ], [ 511, 515 ], [ 496, 491 ] ], [ [ 348, 451 ], [ 383, 446 ], [ 630, 488 ], [ 695, 477 ] ], [ [ 368, 355 ], [ 397, 322 ], [ 425, 167 ] ], [ [ 425, 348 ], [ 438, 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"M414,353C407,357 393,361 374,365C365,367 361,366 359,363C355,360 354,354 360,342C376,308 389,264 397,209C399,193 403,179 413,167C435,141 437,165 439,190C439,201 437,211 436,221C431,261 425,306 424,323C424,334 423,348 414,353Z", "M627,243C641,288 659,315 677,330C688,341 688,354 678,363C667,373 646,384 614,398C603,403 591,403 578,397C541,382 486,367 414,353C404,351 414,321 424,323C471,333 524,342 567,350C594,356 593,340 592,321C591,306 587,283 582,254C579,239 621,229 627,243Z", "M439,190C454,184 487,196 636,211C663,214 643,232 627,243C615,253 597,257 582,254C548,245 481,229 436,221C426,219 429,192 439,190Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without 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