周 zhōu
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
周期
zhōuqī
cycle; period
Characters in this word
期 qī
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 周期很短。 Zhōuqī hěn duǎn. The cycle is very short.
- 这个周期长。 Zhège zhōuqī cháng. This period is long.
- 月亮有周期。 Yuèliang yǒu zhōuqī. The moon has a cycle.