邹
surname Zou; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC) in the southeast of Shandong
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,354 U+90B9
How 邹 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
阝 (semantic, “place”) + 刍 (phonetic, chú)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 刍
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 刍 (chú) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刍 sound component | chú | to mow, to cut grass; hay, fodder |
| 急 | jí | anxious, worried; hasty, quick; pressing, urgent |
| 趋 | qū | to hurry, to hasten; to approach, to be attracted to |
| 皱 | zhòu | wrinkles, creases, folds |
| 雏 | chú | chick, fledging; infant, toddler |
| 诌 | zhōu | to quip, to play with words, to talk nonsense |
| 驺 | zōu | mounted escort; groom |
| 绉 | zhòu | crepe, imitation silk; wrinkles, creases |
Words containing 邹
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 邹平市 | Zōu píng Shì | Zouping, a county-level city in Binzhou City 濱州市|滨州市[Bin1 zhou1 Shi4], Shandong |
| 邹城市 | Zōu chéng Shì | Zoucheng, a county-level city in Jining City 濟寧市|济宁市[Ji3 ning2 Shi4], Shandong |
| 邹县 | Zōu xiàn | Zou county in Shandong |
| 邹平 | Zōu píng | see 鄒平市|邹平市[Zou1 ping2 Shi4] |
| 邹城 | Zōu chéng | see 鄒城市|邹城市[Zou1 cheng2 Shi4] |
| 邹族 | Zōu zú | Tsou or Cou, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan |
| 邹容 | Zōu Róng | Zou Rong (1885-1905), a martyr of the anti-Qing revolution, died in jail in 1905 |
| 邹衍 | Zōu Yǎn | Zou Yan (305-240 BC), founder of the School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-… |
| 邹韬奋 | Zōu Tāo fèn | Zou Taofen (1895-1944), journalist, political theorist and publisher |