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赒

zhōu

Character Traditional 賙

What 赒 means

1. to give to the needy
2. to bestow alms
3. charity

Words starting with 赒

• 赒人zhōu rénto help the needy; to bestow alms; charity
• 赒恤zhōu xùto give to the needy
• 赒急zhōu jídisaster relief
• 赒急扶困zhōu jí fú kùndisaster relief
• 赒济zhōu jìvariant of 周济

Characters built on 周

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

• 绸chóu(light) silk
• 稠chóudense; crowded; thick
• 惆chóuforlorn; vexed; disappointed

Sounds the same

Read zhōu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 周to make a circuit; to circle; circle
• 洲continent; island in a river
• 州prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division
• 粥congee; gruel; porridge
• 舟boat
• 诌to make up (a story); Taiwan pr. zōu
• 婤(feminine name)
• 喌syllable
• 诪(literary) to curse; to deceive; to lie
• 辀(literary) shaft (of a cart); cart
• 騆divine horse
• 鸼used in 鹘鸼