週 (zau1 | zhou1) : week; period

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週

zau1

zhou1

[1] week; period (e.g. annual)
[2] circle; circuit; circular
[3] perimeter; circumference; periphery
[4] whole; all over; all around

[a] 週 has a simplified form 周 for definition [1].
[b] 週 is a variant of 周 for definitions [2]-[4].

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Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: (#162)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

週

This word has been viewed 7917 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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週末 zau1 mut6 zhou1 mo4 = weekend

週圍 zau1 wai4 zhou1 wei2 = surroundings

週時 zau1 si4 = often 粵

週日 zau1 jat6 zhou1 ri4 = Sunday

週刊 zau1 hon1*2 zhou1 kan1 = weekly publication

四週 sei3 zau1 si4 zhou1 = all around

週報 zau1 bou3 zhou1 bao4 = weekly newspaper or news magazine

週期 zau1 kei4 zhou1 qi1 (PRC), zhou1 qi2 (Taiwan) = period; cycle

週轉 zau1 zyun2 zhou1 zhuan3 = turnover (money or goods)

週一 zau1 jat1 zhou1 yi1 = Monday 國
See all 46 compounds (CantoDict reports 49 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 週
Unicode code for this character: U+9031 (off-site link)

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