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妯

zhóu

Character

What 妯 means

1. used in {妯娌|zhóu li}

Words starting with 妯

• 妯娌zhóu liwives of brothers; sisters-in-law

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)

Characters that look like 妯

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 始shǐto begin; to start; then
• 妨fángto hinder; (in the negative or interrogative) (no) harm; (what) harm
• 姑gūpaternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old)
• 娃wábaby; doll
• 柚yòupomelo (Citrus maxima or C. grandis); shaddock; oriental grapefruit
• 绌chùcrimson silk; deficiency; to stitch

Sounds the same

Read zhóu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 轴axis; axle; spool (for thread)
• 碡stone roller (for threshing grain, leveling ground etc); Taiwan pr. dú