胄

zhòu

zh+òu·4th tone

helmet · descendants

Radical: 月 Strokes: 9

Structure: Top-bottomFrequency: Level 2 character

Same radical

有月脚服望能期背朝脱脑腾

Same radical

有月脚服望能期背朝脱脑腾胜脸腹

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Character Decomposition

胄=由+⺼

Etymology

A man ⺼ wearing a helmet 由

Meanings

helmet

descendants

zhòu

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Words with 胄 56 total

armor甲胄jiǎ zhòu armor介胄jiè zhòu hereditary house · noble or official family世胄shì zhòu distant descendants遐胄xiá zhòu distant descendants远胄yuǎn zhòu descendants胄裔zhòu yì eldest son胄子zhòu zǐ helmet and armor胄甲zhòu jiǎ (literary) Han people · descendants of nobles华胄Huá zhòu descendants · offspring裔胄yì zhòu descendants of feudal aristocrats贵胄guì zhòu (idiom) a distant descendant of a famous person; fig. to boast of one's noble ancestry, often sarcastically遥遥华胄yáo yáo huá zhòu

Idioms with 胄 5 total Chain

(idiom) a distant descendant of a famous person; fig. to boast of one's noble ancestry, often sarcastically遥遥华胄yáo yáo huá zhòu

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