| Meaning |
circumference 周
|
| Explanation |
|
Used in these characters:
|
|
调
|
 |
|
JLPT HSK 3 |
|
| tone/tune, accent, view, harmonize, adjust
diào, tiáo
|
讠
周
吉
 |
Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: circumference 周 (The frame 冂 becomes happy 吉 with the circumference of a circle.) [joy 吉 = simplification of happy 喜, where the scholar 士 has beans 豆 in his mouth 口 and is happy.]
Words in their circumference are in harmony, like a: tone/tune.
|
|
|
|
周
|
|
|
JLPT HSK 3 |
|
| circumference, week, cycle, complete
zhōu
|
周
吉
|
Outside: frame 冂, inside: luck, happiness 吉 (simplification of 喜, where the scholar 士 has beans 豆 in the mouth 口 and is happy)
(The harmony of a completeness of the closed:) The frame becomes happy with the circumference of a circle.
|
|
|
|
绸
|
|
|
JLPT HSK 5 |
|
| (light) silk
chóu
|
糸
周
|
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: circumference 周 (The frame 冂 becomes happy 吉 with the circumference of a circle.) [joy 吉 = simplif. of happy 喜, where the scholar 士 has beans 豆 in the mouth 口 and is happy]
(Here "encircle" in the sense of put on clothes) The thread that encircles you is the silk.
|
|
|
|
雕
|
|
|
JLPT HSK 6 |
|
| eagle, to engrave, shrewd
diāo
|
周
隹
|
Left: circumference/cycle 周 (The frame 冂 becomes happy 吉 with the circumference of a circle.), right: bird 隹
(Because of the round flight paths) The circles are from this bird, the: eagle.
|
|
|
|
稠
|
|
|
JLPT HSK 6 |
|
| dense, crowded, thick, viscosity
chóu
|
禾
周
|
Left: rice plant 禾, right: circumference 周 (The frame 冂 becomes happy 吉 with the circumference of a circle.)
Where there are rice plants, the circumference is: densely (populated).
|
|
|
|
碉
|
|
|
JLPT no HSK |
|
| room made of stone
diāo
|
石
周
|
Left: stone 石, right: circumference 周 (The frame 冂 becomes happy 吉 with the circumference of a circle.)
When stones are in the circumference, the room is made of stones.
|
|
|
|
凋
|
|
|
JLPT no HSK |
|
| withered
diāo
|
冫
周
|
Left: ice 冫, right: circumference 周 (The frame 冂 becomes happy 吉 with the circumference of a circle.)
Ice has a circumference, that is: withered.
|
|
|
| Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning. |  |
|
At the page you get the memory phrases for learning the Chinese Hanzi. If you are learning the Japanese kanji, please follow this link. |
|
