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Mythic Mandarin

周末 (zhōu mò): meaning and stroke order

周末 (zhōu mò) means weekend.

周末

Simplified
周末
Traditional
週末
Pinyin
zhōu mò

Stroke order of 周末

周

  • Zhōu surname Zhou; Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC)
  • zhōu to make a circuit; to circle
  • zhōu week; weekly
  • 8 strokes
  • Traditional form: 週

Stroke by stroke

末

  • me variant of 麼|么[me5]
  • mò tip; end
  • 5 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 周末

  1. zhōu mò Traditional 週末
    • weekend

Radicals of the characters

周
Radical 口 (Kangxi radical 30) · 8 strokes
末
Radical 木 (Kangxi radical 75) · 5 strokes · built from 一 and 木

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

周末 in our stories

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  • 周末，张雪教艾米包饺子。

    zhōumò Zhāng Xuě jiāo Àimǐ bāo jiǎozi

    At the weekend Zhang Xue teaches Amy how to make dumplings.

    From the story Making dumplings HSK 2

  • 一开始，她们每个周末都视频聊天，一聊就是两个小时。

    yì kāishǐ tāmen měi gè zhōumò dōu shìpín liáotiān yì liáo jiùshì liǎng gè xiǎoshí

    At first they video-chatted every weekend, and once they started they talked for two hours.

    From the story Twelve hours apart HSK 4

  • 大三那年，她偷偷报了一个周末的甜点班，每个星期六都跟家里说去图书馆。

    dàsān nà nián tā tōutōu bào le yí gè zhōumò de tiándiǎn bān měi gè xīngqīliù dōu gēn jiāli shuō qù túshūguǎn

    In her third year she secretly signed up for a weekend pastry course, and every Saturday she told her family she was going to the library.

    From the story The three-tier cake HSK 5

Stories using 周末

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).