淍

淍

淍 U+6DCD, 淍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DCD ← 淌 [U+6DCC] CJK Unified Ideographs 淎 → [U+6DCE]

Translingual

Han character

淍 (radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水月土口 (EBGR), four-corner 3712₀, composition ⿰氵周)

References

• KangXi: page 629, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17630
• Dae Jaweon: page 1031, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1656, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6DCD

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		淍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōu (zhou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄡ
    • Wade–Giles: chou¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jou
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau¹
    • Yale: jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

淍

1. (archaic) to circle around, to encircle, to surround
2. whirlpool, eddy
3. name of a river

References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 140