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周
ㄓㄡ · zhōu
adj — all around; thorough; a surname
字源 FORM — what the parts do
周形the old graph: a field gridded and dotted with seed — sown thickthe 口 below joins later
A field gridded and sown thick — dense, nothing missed. From there both roads: all the way around (周圍、四周) and thorough (周到). The dynasty and the surname carry it as a name. With the road 辶 added it becomes 週, the looping week; 周末 and 週末 spell the same weekend.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
田（周）裡的秧一格一格插滿，一眼望去沒有空的地方。
The paddy (周) planted square by square — not one gap to be seen.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)周密、周到— dense — nothing left out
→周圍、四周— all the way around常用
⇒周末— the weekend — 週's job on plain 周
→周朝、姓周— the dynasty, the surname
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension