# 東周
## Chinese

* 東周

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Dōngzhōu
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄓㄡ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dung$^1$ zau$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tong-chiu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Dōngzhōu
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄓㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Dongjhou
*** Wade–Giles: Tung$^1$-chou$^1$
*** Yale: Dūng-jōu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dongjou
*** Palladius: Дунчжоу (Dunčžou)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dung$^1$ zau$^1$
*** Yale: dūng jāu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dung$^1$ dzau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dung$^1$ zeo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tong-chiu
*** Tâi-lô: Tong-tsiu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dongciw
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ³³ t͡siu³³/
* Middle Chinese: tuwng tsyuw
Rime :
| Character | 東 | 周 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (1) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 德紅切 | 職流切 |
| Baxter | tuwng | tsyuw |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tuŋ/ | /t͡ɕɨu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tuŋ/ | /t͡ɕiu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tuŋ/ | /t͡ɕiəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /təwŋ/ | /cuw/ |
| Li Rong | /tuŋ/ | /t͡ɕiu/ |
| Wang Li | /tuŋ/ | /t͡ɕĭəu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /tuŋ/ | /t͡ɕi̯ə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dōng | zhōu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | dung$^1$ | zau$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*tˤoŋ tiw/
    (Zhengzhang): /*toːŋ tjɯw/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 東 | 周 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | dōng | zhōu |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tuwng › | ‹ tsyuw › |
| Old Chinese | /*tˁoŋ/ (< *tˁoŋʔ ?) | /*tiw/ |
| English | east | Zhōu (dynasty and place) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 東 | 周 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 2435 | 17531 |
| Phonetic component | 東 | 周 |
| Rime group | 東 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 東 | 周 |
| Old Chinese | /*toːŋ/ | /*tjɯw/ |
| Notes | 種（種籽）初文，甲金文象種皮甲坼萌生根芽， 參敕字陳字注 | 甲金文象田間稼密， 爲稠初文 |

### Proper noun

東周
* (historical) the Eastern Zhou dynasty
* (～國) (historical) Eastern Zhou (an ancient Chinese duchy under the Zhou dynasty)

#### See also

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history :
| Name | Time period | Divisions | Divisions |
| Xia 夏 (～朝, ～代) | 2070 – 1600 BCE | | |
| Shang 商 (～朝, ～代) 殷 (～朝, ～代) | 1600 – 1046 BCE | | |
| Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代) | 1046 – 256 BCE | Western Zhou 西周 | |
| Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代) | 1046 – 256 BCE | Eastern Zhou 東周／东周 | Spring and Autumn period 春秋 |
| Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代) | 1046 – 256 BCE | Eastern Zhou 東周／东周 | Warring States period 戰國／战国 |
| Qin 秦 (～朝, ～代) | 221 – 206 BCE | | |
| Han 漢／汉 (～朝, ～代) | 206 BCE – 220 C.E. | Western Han 西漢／西汉 | Western Han 西漢／西汉 |
| Xin 新 (～朝) ||
| Eastern Han 東漢／东汉 ||
| Three Kingdoms 三國／三国 | 220 – 280 C.E. | Wei 魏 | Wei 魏 |
| Shu Han 蜀漢／蜀汉 ||
| Wu 吳／吴 ||
| Jin 晉／晋 (～朝, ～代) | 265 – 420 C.E. | Western Jin 西晉／西晋 | Western Jin 西晉／西晋 |
| Eastern Jin 東晉／东晋 ||
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Northern dynasties 北朝 | Northern Wei 北魏 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Northern dynasties 北朝 | Western Wei 西魏 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Northern dynasties 北朝 | Eastern Wei 東魏／东魏 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Northern dynasties 北朝 | Northern Zhou 北周 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Northern dynasties 北朝 | Northern Qi 北齊／北齐 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Southern dynasties 南朝 | Liu Song 劉宋／刘宋 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Southern dynasties 南朝 | Southern Qi 南齊／南齐 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Southern dynasties 南朝 | Liang 梁 (～朝, ～代) |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Southern dynasties 南朝 | Chen 陳／陈 (～朝, ～代) |
| Sui 隋 (～朝, ～代) | 581 – 618 C.E. | | |
| Tang 唐 (～朝, ～代) | 618 – 907 C.E. | | |
| Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國／五代十国 | 907 – 960 C.E. | | |
| Liao 遼／辽 (～朝, ～代) | 907 – 1125 C.E. | | |
| Song 宋 (～朝, ～代) | 960 – 1279 C.E. | Northern Song 北宋 | Northern Song 北宋 |
| Southern Song 南宋 ||
| Western Xia 西夏 | 1038 – 1227 C.E. | | |
| Jin 金 (～朝, ～代) | 1115 – 1234 C.E. | | |
| Western Liao 西遼／西辽 | 1124 – 1218 C.E. | | |
| Yuan 元 (～朝, ～代) | 1271 – 1368 C.E. | | |
| Ming 明 (～朝, ～代) | 1368 – 1644 C.E. | | |
| Qing 清 (～朝, ～代) | 1636 – 1912 C.E. | | |