zhóu

wives of one's brothers

Components

Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman

woman

Sound component
yóu cause

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl̥ʰɯw
l'ɯwɢ

說文解字

動也。从女由聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica