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冑
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

helmet

HSK 10
Human →Body
zhòu
チュウ
かぶと、よろい
주
A man ⺼ wearing a helmet 由
Components
由 wherefore+ ⺼ meat (side) =
冑 helmet
由 Meaning component
yóu wherefore
cause, reason
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat (side)
meat
Notes
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Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Seal
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
冑
Regular
Modern
Chinese
冑 [zhòu]
variant of 胄[zhòu]
Japanese
兜 、 冑 、 甲 、 胄 (irreg.) かぶと 同音
noun helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
勝って兜の緒を締めよ。
You must keep up your guard even after a victory.
CHINESE WORDS (1)
甲冑 [jiǎ​zhòu]
variant of 甲胄[jiǎ​zhòu]
JAPANESE WORDS (9)
⭐ 甲 [こう] #6,179
carapace
⭐ 兜 [かぶと] #10,043
helmet (of a warrior)
甲冑 [かっちゅう] #10,537
armor and helmet
兜を脱ぐ [かぶとをぬぐ] #54,330
to accept one's inferiority
華冑 [かちゅう] #204,277
aristocracy
内兜 [うちかぶと] #208,985
inside of a helmet
甲冑師 [かっちゅうし] #228,162
armorer
甲冑魚 [かっちゅうぎょ] #251,927
armored fish
兜魚 [かぶとうお]
large-headed midnight fish (Poromitra crassiceps)