Zhou meaning

jō
A Chinese dynasty (traditionally dated 1122–221 bc ) characterized by great intellectual achievements, including the rise of Confucianism and Taoism and the writing of the oldest known Chinese literature.
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Origin of zhou

  • Mandarin Zhōu from Middle Chinese tʂiw
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Zhou Sentence Examples

  • The origins of the I Ching can be traced back over 3,000 years to the Zhou dynasty in China, and its verbal traditions are probably far older than that.

  • copper alloys by the Eastern Zhou period.

  • The oldest written record we have is from the Chinese Zhou dynasty of about 3,000 years ago.

  • The origin of I Ching is obscured in oral tradition but was first mentioned in text some 3,000 years ago during the Chinese Zhou Dynasty.

  • Chinese masks appeared during the Shang and Zhou dynasty, nearly 3,500 years ago.

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