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邹

Zōu

Character Traditional 鄒

What 邹 means

1. surname Zou
2. vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC) in the southeast of Shandong

Words starting with 邹

• 邹容Zōu RóngZou Rong (1885-1905), a martyr of the anti-Qing revolution, died in jail in 1905
• 邹族Zōu zúTsou or Cou, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
• 邹县Zōu xiànZou county in Shandong
• 邹衍Zōu YǎnZou Yan (305-240 BC), founder of the School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period…
• 邹城市Zōu chéng ShìZoucheng, a county-level city in Jining City 济宁市
• 邹平市Zōu píng ShìZouping, a county-level city in Binzhou City 滨州市
• 邹韬奋Zōu Tāo fènZou Taofen (1895-1944), journalist, political theorist and publisher
• 邹城Zōu chéngsee 邹城市
• 邹平Zōu píngsee 邹平市

Characters built on 刍

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

• 皱zhòuto wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease
• 绉zhòucrepe; wrinkle
• 诌zhōuto make up (a story); Taiwan pr. zōu
• 驺zōugroom or chariot driver employed by a noble (old)

Characters that look like 邹

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

• 邻línneighbor; adjacent; close to
• 郎láng(arch.) minister; official; noun prefix denoting function or status
• 郊jiāosuburbs; outskirts
• 郑zhèngused in 郑重
• 邵Shàosurname Shao; place name
• 郅zhìextremely; very

Sounds the same

Read Zōu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 緅purple silk
• 陬corner; foot of mountain
• 诹to choose; to consult
• 郰birthplace of Confucius in Shandong
• 掫beat the night watches; grasp
• 菆arrow; weeds
• 鄹name of a state; surname Zou
• 黀hemp stem
• 𱌶used in 齱齵
• 驺groom or chariot driver employed by a noble (old)
• 鲰minnows; small fish
• 棸surname Zou