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冑

zhòu

Character

What 冑 means

1. variant of {胄|zhòu}

Words containing 冑

• 甲冑jiǎ zhòuvariant of 甲胄

Characters built on 由

These share the phonetic component 由 (yóu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 油yóuoil; fat; grease
• 邮yóupost (office); mail
• 抽chōuto draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole…
• 轴zhóuaxis; axle; spool (for thread)
• 宙zhòueternity; (geology) eon
• 铀yóuuranium (chemistry); Taiwan pr. yòu
• 柚yòupomelo (Citrus maxima or C. grandis); shaddock; oriental grapefruit
• 釉yòuglaze (of porcelain)

Sounds the same

Read zhòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 骤sudden; unexpected; abrupt
• 宙eternity; (geology) eon
• 昼daytime
• 皱to wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease
• 咒incantation; magic spell; curse
• 绉crepe; wrinkle
• 胄helmet; descendants
• 纣crupper (harness strap running over a horse's hindquarters and under its tail)
• 甃brickwork of well
• 酎strong wine
• 㑇(old) beautiful; clever
• 㤘(dialect) stubborn