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

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

(obsolete) alternative form of 周 (zhōu, “all around; all over”)