(zhòu)

19 strokes

surname Zhou

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
zhòu
Meaning
surname Zhou
Strokes
19
HSK level
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱⺮⿰扌留

A hand 扌 writing 留 with a bamboo ⺮ brush

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write step by step

19 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

zhòuwén

seal script used throughout the pre-Han period

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zhòushū

seal script used throughout the pre-Han period

Open 籀书 page →

Shizhoupian, early school primer in great seal script 大篆[da4 zhuan4], attri…

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