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宙

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

universe

HSK 7 N2

Abstract →Time

zhòu

チュウ

주

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 由 represents the sound.

Components

宀 roof+ 由 wherefore =

宙 universe

宀 Meaning component

mián roof

由 Phonetic component

yóu wherefore

cause, reason

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

宙

Regular

Modern

Chinese

宙 [zhòu]

eternity; (geology) eon

Japanese

宙ちゅう同音

noun

space; air; midair
(from) memory; (by) heart

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (1)

暖かい日には手足を伸ばしたり、仰向けになって足を宙に上げたまま寝ることもある。

On warm days, bears stretch out or lie on their backs with their feet in the air.

Japanese Names

宙すかい

Sukai female given name

宙そら

Sora female given name

宙たかし

Takashi given name

宙ちゅう

Chuu female given name

宙はるか

Haruka female given name

宙ひろ

Hiro female given name

宙ひろこ

Hiroko female given name

宙ひろし

Hiroshi male given name

CHINESE WORDS (26)

宇宙 [yǔzhòu] #2,403

宇宙飞船 [yǔzhòufēichuán] #14,119

宇宙飞船 [yǔzhòufēichuán] #14,119

宙斯 [Zhòusī] #13,164

宇宙观 [yǔzhòuguān] #46,076

宇宙观 [yǔzhòuguān] #46,076

宇宙学 [yǔzhòuxué] #52,504

宇宙学 [yǔzhòuxué] #52,504

宇宙线 [yǔzhòuxiàn] #59,831

宇宙线 [yǔzhòuxiàn] #59,831

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JAPANESE WORDS (146)

⭐ 宇宙 [うちゅう] #3,571

宙に浮く [ちゅうにうく] #9,327

to float in the air

宇宙人 [うちゅうじん] #11,119

宇宙船 [うちゅうせん] #18,332

⭐ 宇宙空間 [うちゅうくうかん] #24,451

⭐ 宙返り [ちゅうがえり] #27,761

宙ぶらりん [ちゅうぶらりん] #32,848

⭐ 宇宙飛行士 [うちゅうひこうし] #33,370

宇宙服 [うちゅうふく] #40,010

宙吊り [ちゅうづり] #40,804

hanging in midair

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KOREAN WORDS (6)

우주선 #12,801

spaceship; spacecraft

우주인 #31,690

astronaut; spaceman

우주복 #39,319

space exploration