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胄
zhòu
1. helmet
2. descendants
Uncommon • Top 42% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

胄
zhòu
helmet; descendant
9 丶

Compound Words (13)

世胄
shìzhòu
hereditary house
介胄
jièzhòu
armor
甲胄
jiǎzhòu
armor
胄子
zhòuzǐ
eldest son
胄甲
zhòujiǎ
helmet and armor
胄裔
zhòuyì
distant progeny
华胄
huázhòu
Han people
裔胄
yìzhòu
descendants
贵胄
guìzhòu
descendants of feudal aristocrats
遐胄
xiázhòu
distant descendants
远胄
yuǎnzhòu
distant descendants
胄裔繁衍
zhòuyìfányǎn
Descendants are great in numbers. (idiom)
黄炎贵胄
huángyánguìzhòu
honorable Chinese nationals (idiom)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
4,267
Word Frequency Rank
35,784 of 84,292

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