周
zhōuZhōu HSK2

cycle

周 (週) zhōu frequency
week measure word
a period of seven days

我们下周去旅行。

wǒ​men xià zhōu qù lǚ​xíng.

We're going on a trip next week.

周 zhōu
circuit measure word
a complete path, cycle, or the distance around an object or area

他在操场上跑了三周。

tā zài cāo​chǎng shàng pǎo le sān zhōu.

He ran three laps around the sports field.

thorough adjective
complete, comprehensive, or meticulous in detail

这件事你想得不周，难免出差错。

zhè jiàn shì nǐ xiǎng de bù zhōu, nán​miǎn chū chā​cuò.

You didn't think this through carefully, so mistakes were inevitable.

assist verb
to provide financial help or relief to those in need

他经常周济贫困的学生。

tā jīng​cháng zhōu jì pín​kùn de xué​sheng.

He often provides financial aid to poor students.

周 Zhōu
Zhou proper name
a common Chinese surname

周先生是我的老师。

Zhōu xiān​sheng shì wǒ de lǎo​shī.

Mr. Zhou is my teacher.

Zhou dynasty time word
the Zhou Dynasty (c. 1046–256 BC) of ancient China

周朝分为西周和东周。

Zhōu cháo fēn​wéi Xī Zhōu hé Dōng Zhōu.

The Zhou Dynasty is divided into Western Zhou and Eastern Zhou.

Frequency
Character
Written text
490th most common 430.8 per million
Movie subtitles
348th most common 450.3 per million appears in 80% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
275.5 per million appears in 52% of films
Written text
314.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+5468

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)