𠣘

𠣘 U+208D8, 𠣘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-208D8 ← 𠣗 [U+208D7] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𠣙 → [U+208D9]

Translingual

Han character

𠣘 (Kangxi radical 20, 勹+6, 8 strokes, composition ⿹勹舟)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 151, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 258, character 14
• Unihan data for U+208D8

Chinese

simp. and trad.		𠣘

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic 勹 (“wrap”) + phonetic 舟 (OC *tjɯw).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōu (zhou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhou
    • Wade–Giles: chou¹
    • Yale: jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jou
    • Palladius: чжоу (čžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

𠣘

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of 周 (zhōu, “all around; all over”)