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Zhou   /ʒu/   Listen
Zhou

noun
1.
The imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism.  Synonyms: Chou, Chou dynasty, Chow, Chow dynasty, Zhou dynasty.



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... of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, to whom we owe so much for pioneer work in the domain of Sinology, were not without occasional lapses of the kind, due no doubt to a laudable if excessive zeal. Finding the character [chuan], which is the common word for "a ship," as indicated by [zhou], the earlier picture-character for "boat" seen on the left-hand side, one ingenious Father proceeded to ...
— China and the Chinese • Herbert Allen Giles


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