籀

籀 · zhòu

recite, read; style of calligraphy

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
zhòu
Cantonese
zau6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

recite, read; style of calligraphy

Dictionary definitions & readings

籀 Zhòu · surname Zhou

籀 zhòu · (literary) seal script used throughout the pre-Han period; to recite; to read (aloud)

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53020.040:zhòu Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1506.120:zhòu Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
483.080:zhòu Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zhòu粵zau6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
チュウ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
直祐 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HQHW Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
8856.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0902.321 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
435.06 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7C40
Radical
竹 · 118
Strokes
19
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6398

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

19 strokes
籀
Strokes
19
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

19 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
drjuwH · 直祐 · 流開三去尤澄 · #3033

PHONO-ML, source line 15783; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kHanYu
53020.040
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53020.040
kIRGKangXi
0902.321
kKangXi
0902.321
kMeyerWempe
177d
kMorohashi
26646
kSBGY
435.06
kSMSZD2003Index
507.09
kCangjie
HQHW
kFourCornerCode
8856.2
kMojiJoho
MJ019726
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGT
kIRG_GSource
G0-7426
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C3B3
kIRG_JSource
J0-645A
kIRG_KSource
K2-5123
kIRG_TSource
T1-785E
kRSUnicode
118.13
kTotalStrokes
19
kBigFive
C3B3
kCCCII
226E2A
kCNS1986
1-785E
kCNS1992
1-785E
kEACC
226E2A
kGB0
8406
kGB1
8406
kJis0
6858
kMainlandTelegraph
4699
kTGH
2013:6398
kTaiwanTelegraph
4699
kXerox
276:162
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6027+118.6.13
kCantonese
zau6
kDefinition
recite, read; style of calligraphy
kFanqie
直祐
kHanyuPinyin
53020.040:zhòu
kJapanese
チュウ
kJapaneseKun
YOMU
kJapaneseOn
CHUU
kMandarin
zhòu
kSMSZD2003Readings
zhòu粵zau6
kTGHZ2013
483.080:zhòu
kXHC1983
1506.120:zhòu

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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5dictionary records using 籀0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
𥫗 above 㨨 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea
Source notation ^⿱𥫗㨨$(GHTJK)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱𥫗㨨$(GHTJK)

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