Memory phrase for the character: 周

周

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Meaning

circumference, week, cycle, complete

Pronunciation

zhōu

Explanation

 Outside: frame 冂, inside: luck, happiness 吉 (simplification of 喜, where the scholar 士 has beans 豆 in the mouth 口 and is happy)

Mnemonic
 
(The harmony of a completeness of the closed:) The frame becomes happy with the circumference of a circle.

Radicals

周 circumference
吉 happinessThis radical is a simplification of 喜, which also means “happiness”. There, a scholar 士 has a mouthful of beans 豆 and is happy.




 Vocabulary

周年 zhōu nián  anniversary; annual
周传瑛 Zhōu Chuán yīng  Zhou Chuanying (1912-1988), Kunqu 昆曲 opera actor
 
殊域周咨录 Shū yù zhōu zī lù  Ming dynasty record (1574) of exploration and foreign relations
西周 Xī Zhōu  Western Zhou (1027-771 BC)
周转 zhōu zhuǎn  turnover (in cash or personnel); to have enough resources to cover a need
周长 zhōu cháng  ircumference; perimeter; circumference
圆周 yuán zhōu  circumference
周围 zhōu wéi  nvironment; to encompass; surroundings; environment
周期性 zhōu qī xìng  periodic; periodicity (math); cyclicity
周期 zhōu qī  period; cycle
 

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