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Etymology
Depicts a carved jade object, now written as 彫/琱. The meaning later shifted to "circumference" and "cycle". Later the 口 component was added when 周 was used to refer to a geographical region to indicate that the character was only "mouthed", i.e. used for its sound. In simplified Chinese 周 is also used to mean "week", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 週.
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The character 周 originally depicted a carved jade object, now written as 彫 or 琱. Its meaning later shifted to "circumference" and "cycle". In the modern form, an outer enclosure 冂 contains 土 and 口; the 口 component was added when 周 was borrowed to write a geographical name, signaling that the character was being used purely for its sound. In simplified Chinese, 周 also means "week", while traditional Chinese uses the separate character 週 for that sense.
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这一周天气很好。
周末我们全家去公园。
他考虑问题非常周全。
她细心周到地照顾客人。
这个计划需要周密安排。
周恩来总理深受人民爱戴。
古代中国有周朝这个朝代。
卫星围绕地球周期性运转。
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