Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "周" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "周" in Landscape Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Pinyin
zhōu
Definition
(surname) / complete / encircle / circuit / lap / week / cycle / all / every / attentive / thoughtful, bestow alms, cycle / week
Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), Chinese communist leader, prime minister 1949-1976
periphery / rim / surroundings / all around / perimeter / peripheral (computing) / spin-offs
Western Zhou (1027-771 BC)
one week / all the way around / a whole cycle
one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday)
perimeter / circumference
thoughtful / considerate / attentive / thorough / also pr. [zhou1 dao5]
periodic / periodicity (math) / cyclicity
(math.) the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter (π)
Xia, Shang and Zhou, the earliest named Chinese dynasties
lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom); to move in circles / the wheel comes full circle
surroundings / environment / to encompass
weekly publication / weekly
Zhou Dunyi (1017-1073), Song dynasty neo-Confucian scholar
another name for Book of Changes (I Ching) 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
as everyone knows (idiom)