周
zhōu HSK2

cycle

周 zhōu frequency
variant 週
week noun
week; used primarily in writing or formal contexts; usually does not take a measure word

她三周前生了个儿子。

tā sān zhōu qián shēng le ge ér​zi.

She gave birth to a son three weeks ago.

又一个工作周结束了。

yòu yī​ge gōng​zuò zhōu jié​shù le.

Another work week is over.

all around nounlocative
(bound form) circumference; periphery; circle; cycle
anniversary noun
(bound form) a full year; anniversary; same as 周 zhōu
to circle verb
to make a circuit; to circle around; to revolve
entire adjectiveadverb
(bound form) whole; entire; all over; universal
[lap] measure word
classifier for revolutions, laps, or cycles

你可以出国学习两周或两年。

nǐ kě​yǐ chū guó xué​xí liǎng zhōu huò liǎng nián.

You can study abroad for two weeks or two years.

thorough adjective
(bound form) thorough; complete; attentive; thoughtful
to help
to help out financially; to provide relief
to overturn
(dialect) to overturn; to tip over
周 zhōu
Zhou Dynasty
the Zhou Dynasty (c. 1046-256 BC); the Later Zhou Dynasty (951-960 AD)
surname
a common Chinese surname

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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
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)