U+5468 "周" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+5468 "周" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that carries rich historical and cultural significance, commonly used in modern and classical contexts. Its original form depicted fields or a pattern inside a boundary, symbolizing the concept of a cycle, circumference, or a complete circuit, which led to meanings such as "week," "periphery," "to encircle," and "to assist." This character is also central as a surname and appears in the name of the influential Zhou dynasty, an ancient Chinese ruling house, as well as in terms like "周边" for surroundings and "周期" for a period or cycle. In East Asian languages, it is frequently employed in words related to time, space, and comprehensive coverage, reflecting its role as a foundational ideograph in written Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
周 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
周 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE5 0x91 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x5468 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00005468 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u5468 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive |
A950 |
| kCCCII |
213574 |
| kCNS1986 |
1-4C52 |
| kCNS1992 |
1-4C52 |
| kCangjie |
BGR |
| kCantonese |
zau1 |
| kCowles |
156 |
| kDaeJaweon |
0400.050 |
| kDefinition |
Zhou dynasty; circumference |
| kEACC |
213574 |
| kFanqie |
職流 |
| kFenn |
730C |
| kFennIndex |
90.02 |
| kFourCornerCode |
7722.0 |
| kGB0 |
5460 |
| kGB1 |
5460 |
| kGradeLevel |
3 |
| kGSR |
1083a |
| kHangul |
주:0E |
| kHanYu |
10606.030 |
| kHanyuPinlu |
zhōu(396) |
| kHanyuPinyin |
10606.030:zhōu |
| kHKGlyph |
0552 |
| kIICore |
AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon |
0400.050 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
10606.030 |
| kIRGKangXi |
0181.360 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-565C |
| kIRG_HSource |
HB1-A950 |
| kIRG_JSource |
J0-3C7E |
| kIRG_KPSource |
KP0-E9E2 |
| kIRG_KSource |
K0-7132 |
| kIRG_TSource |
T1-4C52 |
| kIRG_VSource |
V1-4E6A |
| kJapanese |
シュウ シュ ス まわり あまねし めぐらす めぐる |
| kJoyoKanji |
2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja |
2007 |
| kTGH |
2013:1192 |
| kJapaneseKun |
MAWARI AMANESHI MEGURU |
| kJapaneseOn |
SHUU |
| kJis0 |
2894 |
| kKangXi |
0181.360 |
| kKorean |
CWU |
| kLau |
1352 |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
0719 |
| kMandarin |
zhōu |
| kMatthews |
1293 |
| kMeyerWempe |
170 |
| kMojiJoho |
MJ008159 MJ008159:E0102 MJ008158:E0103 |
| kMorohashi |
03441' 03441':E0102 03441:E0103 |
| kNelson |
0622 |
| kPhonetic |
80 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 |
C+2346+30.3.5 |
| kRSUnicode |
30.5 |
| kSBGY |
206.14 |
| kSemanticVariant |
U+9031<kLau |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
96.07 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings |
zhōu粵zau1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph |
0719 |
| kTang |
*jiou |
| kTGHZ2013 |
481.130:zhōu |
| kTotalStrokes |
8 |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese |
chu |
| kXerox |
243:345 |
| kXHC1983 |
1504.100:zhōu |