周

Information about character(s)

Radical: 口
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 8
Variants: 週

Pronunciation

Pinyin: zhōu
Cantonese: zau1
JapaneseKun: MAWARI AMANESHI MEGURU
JapaneseOn: SHUU
Korean: CWU
Vietnamese: chu

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: Zhou dynasty; circumference

CE-Dict: to make a circuit/to circle/circle/circumference/lap/cycle/complete/all/all over/thorough/to help financially

Soothill: Around, on every side, complete.

English-Chinse-English Dictionary of Buddhist terms (Stardict): (1) Around, go around, send around, revolve, circle. (2) Round. (3) Universal, all-embracing, pervasive. To function universally. (3) To reach, to extend to; the ultimate. (4) A full year.

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: week; Chou; all; all over; circumference; thoughtful

湘雅醫學專業詞典: amb-;ambi-;ambo-;peri-;perim.;perimeter;week;wk.

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《口部》周密也。从用、口。

康熙字典文字版 【丑集上】【口字部】周
〔古文〕𠱬𠄗【唐韻】職流切【集韻】【韻會】之由切，𠀤音州。【廣韻】徧也。【易·繫辭】知周乎萬物。　又至也。【書·泰誓】雖有周親，不如仁人。【傳】周，至也。　又忠信也。【書·太甲】自周有終。【傳】用忠信有終也。【詩·小雅】行歸于周。【論語】君子周而不比。【註】忠信爲周，阿黨爲比。　又終也。【左傳·昭二十年】以周事子。【註】周，猶終竟也。　又【說文】密也。【管子·樞言篇】先王貴當貴周，周者不出于口，不見于色，一龍一蛇，一日五化，之謂周。【註】深密不測，故周也。　又曲也。【詩·唐風】生于道周。【傳】周，曲也。　又【詩·周南疏】周，代名，其地在岐山之陽，漢屬扶風美陽縣。　又【廣韻】備也。【前漢·路溫舒傳】鍛錬而周內之。【註】晉灼曰：精熟周悉，致之法中也。　又【廣韻】周帀也。【前漢·劉向傳】周回五里有餘。【韻會】俗作週，非。　又鳥名。【爾雅·釋鳥】巂周。【疏】今謂之子規。又【韓非子·說林篇】鳥有周周者，重首而屈尾，將欲飮于河則必顚，乃銜其羽而飮之。一作翢。　又不周，山名，在崑崙。【屈原·離騷】路不周以左轉兮。　又風名。【白虎通】西北曰不周風。不周者，不交也，言隂氣未合化也。　又陽周，平周，定周，皆縣名。【前漢·地理志】上郡陽周縣，西河郡平周縣，鬰林郡定周縣。　又姓。【廣韻】本自周平王子，別封汝川，人謂之周家，因氏焉。又魏獻帝次兄普氏，後攺爲周氏。又複姓，魏初徴士燉煌周生烈。　又與賙通。【論語】君子周急不繼富。【孟子】君之於氓也，固周之。　又叶市朱切，音殊。【季歷哀慕歌】梧桐萋萋，生于道周。宮榭徘徊，臺閣旣除。

Buddhism words and phrases go around, send around, revolve

Han-De-Dict: Zhou (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)/Umfang, Zirkel (u.E.) (S, Math)/Umkreis (u.E.) (S)/Woche (u.E.) (S)/Zyklus, Hertz (u.E.) (S, Phys)/Bedürftige helfen, unterstützen (u.E.) (V)/kreisen, sich im Kreis bewegen (u.E.) (V)/alle, allgemein, ganz (u.E.) (Adj)/vollkommen, vollständig (u.E.) (Adj)/Zhou-Dynastie [ ca. 1122-256 v. Chr. ] (u.E.) (Eig, Gesch)