surname Zhou / Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC)
to make a circuit / to circle / circle / circumference / lap / cycle / complete / all / all over / thorough / to help financially

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a hula hoop. James II of England (zh) performs in front of the outhouse (ou1): he swings a hula hoop (周), juggles three mandarins (口) and balances a small heap of dirt (土) on his head. He cheated a little bit though, because he stapled the heap of dirt to his wig with a stapler (⺆).
week / weekly / variant of 周[zhou1]

周 character breakdown

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13), occurring in 用[yong4], 同[tong2], 網|网[wang3] etc, referred to as 同字框[tong2 zi4 kuang4]

= + : Mnemonic symbol from the shape of the character: kind of looks like a map.

Zeus (ju) found a secret map (冂) that tells the location of a golden dinosaur bone (丨) in front of the engine ((e)ng1), so he took a plow (㇆) and dug up everything. He actually found a couple of dinosaur bones, but not a golden one.
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
surname Ji / abbr. for Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3]
lucky / giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: "Giga" stems from a Greek word for "giant", so I'll represent 吉 by a giant.

= + : The giant just arrived at the space station and is very hungry. In each hand he holds Joan of Arc and the bachelor captive and robs them for their mandarins which he longs for.
Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

= + : Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He uses dust and clay (土) to hold them together.
Variant of 冂, but the left stroke is 丿, not 丨

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: ⺆ looks like a staple, as used in a stapler.

Zeus (ju) wants to plant bananas (丿) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). He uses a plow (㇆) to dig up the earth and puts the bananas inside. To prevent the bananas from falling down, he staples them down with a stapler (⺆).
surname Ji / abbr. for 吉林[Ji2 lin2] Jilin Province

Characters with 周 as component

week / weekly / variant of 周[zhou1]
dense / crowded / thick / many

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is eating a bowl of cereals (禾) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). His cereals consist of densely (稠) packed tiny hula hoops (周) made from sugar.
to harmonize / to reconcile / to blend / to suit well / to adjust / to regulate / to season (food) / to provoke / to incite

= + : Mother Teresa (ti) wants to calm down and reconcile (调) all the people in the aorta's kitchen (ao2). To this end she climbs on an advertising column (讠) and dances with a hula hoop (周).
to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody
to carve / to engrave / shrewd / bird of prey

= + : Dorothy Gale (di) is carving (雕) an ice sculpture in front of the aorta (ao1). The ice sculpture is a sparrow (隹) with a hula hoop in his beak (周).
variant of 雕[diao1], to engrave

= + : Dorothy Gale (di) is carving (雕) an ice sculpture in front of the aorta (ao1). The ice sculpture is a sparrow (隹) with a hula hoop in his beak (周).
bird of prey

= + : Dorothy Gale (di) is carving (雕) an ice sculpture in front of the aorta (ao1). The ice sculpture is a sparrow (隹) with a hula hoop in his beak (周).
(light) silk / CL:匹[pi3]

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) and the silk worm (纟) are working together in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2) to produce very light silk (绸). Charlie is extracting its silk thread while the worm is exercising with a hula hoop (周), therefore creating a very light thread.
porgy / pagrus major
rock cave (archaic)
withered

Words with 周

Chow Yun-Fat (1955-), Hong Kong TV and film star
help to the needy / emergency relief / charity / to give to poorer relative / (also 賙濟|赒济)
Zhou Ji (1781-1839), Qing writer and poet
Zhou Yumin or Vic Zhou (1981-), Taiwan singer and actor, member of pop group F4
obedient dog / lackey
the Zhou dynasty from 1027 BC
Zhou Yu (175-210), famous general of the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of Redcliff / in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], absolutely no match for Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4]
fig. with the connivance of both sides / fig. by mutual consent / cf Wu patriot Huang Gai submits to mock beating at the hands of General Zhou Yu to deceive Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] before the 208 battle of Redcliff 赤壁之戰|赤壁之战[Chi4 bi4 zhi1 Zhan4]
Zhou Xuan (1918-1957), Chinese singer and film actress
King Wu of Zhou (-1043), personal name Ji Fa 姬發|姬发, reigned 1046-1043 BC as first king of Western Zhou dynasty 1046-1043 BC
King Wu of Zhou, personal name Ji Fa, reigned 1046-1043 BC as first king of Western Zhou dynasty 西周[Xi1 Zhou1] 1046-771 BC
Zhou Yongkang (1942-), PRC petroleum engineer and politician

Sentences with 周

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