zhòu

time as concept

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
宀 meaning component

  Meaning component

mián

  

roof

由 sound component

  Sound component

yóu

  

cause

Evolution

宙 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
宙 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
宙 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
宙 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

zhòu

time as concept; infinite time; eternity; (geology) eon

Most common words with 宙
Freq.
Word
Meaning

宇宙

universe

宇宙飞船

spacecraft

宙斯

Zeus

eternity

宇宙观

world view

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 8.5376% of movies

1834th most common character in movies

1421st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+5B99

Shuowen

“宙,舟輿所極覆也。从宀,由聲。”


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