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Mythic Mandarin

周围 (zhōu wéi): meaning and stroke order

周围 (zhōu wéi) means environs; surroundings; periphery.

周围

Simplified
周围
Traditional
周圍
Pinyin
zhōu wéi

Stroke order of 周围

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

围

  • Wéi surname Wei
  • wéi to encircle; to surround
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 圍

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 周围

  1. zhōu wéi Traditional 周圍
    • environs; surroundings; periphery

Radicals of the characters

周
Radical 口 (Kangxi radical 30) · 8 strokes
围
Radical 囗 (Kangxi radical 31) · 7 strokes · built from 囗 and 韦

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.

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).